It is that time again after kicking the can down the road yet again the clock is closing in on round two….and the silliness begins all over again.
The new speaker is starting the game this week….not much to report right now but I bet it gets slimy quickly.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his GOP conference on Saturday, with just five workdays left before the deadline, that he’s decided on a plan to avoid a government shutdown. As crunch time approaches, the new speaker said, “I wasn’t the architect of the mess we are in” on the phone call, CNN reports. He pitched a two-step continuing resolution instead of the usual funding extension for the whole government. It’s an untested strategy and an attempt to mollify the hardline Republicans generally opposed to continuing resolutions, per NBC News. The proposal has no budget cuts, and it does not include military aid for Israel or Ukraine.
he first bill would fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Energy Department, transportation, and housing, running until Jan. 19. The second step cover the rest of the government until Feb. 2. Senators have criticized such an approach as overly complicated and difficult to enact. And House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has called the strategy a “right-wing joyride which would crash and burn the economy.” Republican GOP Rep. Chip Roy, one of the members Johnson was trying to appease, tweeted Saturday that he’s opposed to Johnson’s proposal because it lacks major spending cuts, per CNN. A House vote could happen as soon as Tuesday.
This is the opening salvo….but there is nothing about raping social programs so it is a non-starter for the idiots on the Right.
This whole tragedy will become even more messy that it has in the past….which is a shame for this is not governing just an attempt to disrupt and confuse.
I would say it will be interesting but in retrospect that would be fanciful wishing.
I will be watching and as per usual commenting as well as reporting.
Stay tuned and stay informed.
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“lego ergo scribo”
“raping social programs” is a very appropriate description of what they want to do. They want to not only cut them back but also make it so hard to qualify for the programs that most people won’t be able to get into the programs to begin with.
This whole budget process is an absolute joke to begin with. I can’t think of any other country that goes through this crap. Here in Wisconsin if a new budget isn’t in place when the deadline comes, things just continue under the old budget until the new one is worked out and approved. Same should be the case at the federal level.
Allowing a small group of disgruntled radicals to hold the entire country hostage under the threat of shutting it down is absolutely insane.
It is a joke and and a worthless waste of time….a diversion to look like something is being done when it is not. chuq
We need to decertify the Republican Party and outlaw it altogether. It is no more than Trump would do if he could and it would be very good for the nation.
A stellar idea. in my book chuq
This merry-go-round is tiresome in the extreme, and I’m not even an American.
Best wishes, Pete.
It is a game idiots play…..and we have more than our share of idiots chuq