A reminder to all journalists: most in the GOP don't MIND a government shut down because a core of their philosophy is disemboweling government and then complaining how government doesn't work. The impacts to people, the economy, and the environment don't matter to them. #shutdown #governmentshutdown
So sick of seeing reports that Kevin McCarthy has run out of options as "congress" hurtles toward a shutdown. He could put the Senate's bipartisan CR on the floor today, pass it--and keep his job--with Democratic votes and effectively neuter his Crazy Caucus. Dems care about governing and not harming millions of people.
It would invite tons of blowback, but he has a security detail. #governmentshutdown
(Bloomberg) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed a deal to temporarily avert a US government shutdown, with demands including an 8% spending cut for domestic agencies and a resumption of border wall construction.
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially shut down beginning on Sunday....
Sept 21 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump has urged fellow Republicans in Congress to shut down the government to thwart the federal prosecutions against him, although any funding lapse was unlikely to stop the cases from being pursued....
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.
The bipartisan funding framework congressional leaders have reached moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities. It reflects the funding levels that I negotiated with both parties and signed into law last spring. It rejects deep cuts to programs hardworking...
🛑 🏛️ In the event of a government shutdown, it's not just federal employees & contractors who face upheaval. WIC, the USDA program that provides health care services and food to millions of low-income women and their children, will end immediately, Deena Zaru Pettiford reports in ABC News.
Grand Old Fascist Party removes Speaker of the House because he had the decency to not let the government default on its responsibilities for, let me check notes, 6 more weeks.
And 1/3 of the population support these asshats because they want to burn everything down. But of course they get half the house seats because gerrymandering.
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives is a coward: “At any point, McCarthy could bring up before the House the bipartisan measure already passed by the Senate. Democrats would then likely make up the votes he would lose in his own conference. But the extremists would then challenge his speakership, and that is apparently a challenge he is unwilling to brave.”
Alarming🚨: McHenry has some power over the House. The "temp" is just another #MAGA R, but the danger is deadlock: #UA funding, a possible #GovernmentShutdown on Nov 17...: He may call the House to order, make announcements, answer parliamentary inquiries, rule on points of order & designate another speaker pro tempore. But he may not administer the oath of office to a member-elect without unanimous consent or specific HSE approval, among other restrictions. #GOPSabotagehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/04/patrick-mchenry-house-speaker-mccarthy/
If these Republican house members who are holding the government hostage b/c they're angry about "border security" had an ounce of reflection, they would
work with other members to reform immigration law
fund greater border control measures, including an influx of judges and other staff to manage these surges
As voters, we need to ask whether they ever actually wanted to work to solve the country's problems.
The U.S. Senate voted late last night to avoid a government shutdown.
ABC News reports the move "will keep the government funded at 2023 levels. The bill extends government funding until Jan. 19 for the Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Energy departments, as well as for military construction. The rest of the government is funded until Feb. 2."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a federal government shutdown was suddenly easing Saturday after the House quickly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep agencies open, once Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage....
Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate GOP will not pass bipartisan legislation from the Senate to fund the government, and is instead hoping to pass the incoming bill from the House that was recently passed with Democratic support.
McCarthy Demands 8% Spending Cut, Border Wall to Avert Shutdown (www.bloomberg.com)
(Bloomberg) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed a deal to temporarily avert a US government shutdown, with demands including an 8% spending cut for domestic agencies and a resumption of border wall construction.
[News] Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially shut down beginning on Sunday....
[News] Trump urges government shutdown in unlikely bid to 'defund' his criminal prosecutions (www.reuters.com)
Sept 21 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump has urged fellow Republicans in Congress to shut down the government to thwart the federal prosecutions against him, although any funding lapse was unlikely to stop the cases from being pursued....
Conservatives tank procedural vote in revolt against Johnson’s spending deal (out.reddit.com)
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Funding Framework | The White House (www.whitehouse.gov)
The bipartisan funding framework congressional leaders have reached moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities. It reflects the funding levels that I negotiated with both parties and signed into law last spring. It rejects deep cuts to programs hardworking...
[News] Government shutdown threat eases after House passes a 45-day funding plan, sending it to Senate (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a federal government shutdown was suddenly easing Saturday after the House quickly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep agencies open, once Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage....