ssroxnak@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoSenate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fightthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down17
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minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·15 hours agoThe Republicans literally control the entire government. Everything that is happening is their fault and if the Democrats feel like that won’t be the case they suck at their fucking job.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-213 hours agoThey don’t control the entire government in this context. That’s why they need Democrat votes. As for fault: the spending bill is in itself reasonable. Refusing to vote for it may be the optimal strategy (I don’t know) but it doesn’t look great.
minus-squareMy_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoBut they can pass it via reconciliation via simple majority, but it just can’t be too crazy. At least, that’s my read of the linked explainer.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThen make them waste one of their uses of reconciliation. They only get three per year. But these are democrats and they will preemptively back down.
The Republicans literally control the entire government. Everything that is happening is their fault and if the Democrats feel like that won’t be the case they suck at their fucking job.
They don’t control the entire government in this context. That’s why they need Democrat votes.
As for fault: the spending bill is in itself reasonable. Refusing to vote for it may be the optimal strategy (I don’t know) but it doesn’t look great.
But they can pass it via reconciliation via simple majority, but it just can’t be too crazy. At least, that’s my read of the linked explainer.
Then make them waste one of their uses of reconciliation. They only get three per year.
But these are democrats and they will preemptively back down.