The governmental shutdown shows no signs of a comprise to return workers to their chores…..plans offered….plans defeated….plans offered…..on the beast goes on….
Efforts to resolve the ongoing government shutdown stalled again on Wednesday, with the Senate rejecting both Democratic and Republican proposals to restore funding. Both parties remain firm in their demands, extending the deadlock that began eight days ago, the Guardian reports. The vote on a stopgap funding bill already approved by the House was 54-45, with no new Democrats in favor, CBS News reports. In the sixth vote on the rival spending bills, the Democrats’ measure also failed to get the necessary 60 votes. Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to hold a seventh vote on Thursday.
The shutdown has resulted in closed federal offices, shuttered national parks, and thousands of furloughed workers. Remaining federal employees, including military personnel, could soon miss paychecks if the impasse continues. Democrats insist any funding deal must include health care measures, particularly an extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits set to expire at the year’s end. Without renewal, roughly 20 million enrollees face higher costs. Republicans favor a short-term funding approach through Nov. 21 with no guarantee of health care provisions.
The situation has led to pointed remarks on both sides. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Democrats are “worried about the Marxist flank” in their party and said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is “terrified” of a challenge from the far left, the Guardian reports. Schumer, in turn, argued Republicans are to blame for refusing to negotiate on health care, maintaining that both reopening the government and addressing health costs should happen together. “We can do both: fix health care and reopen the government. This is not an either-or thing, which Republicans are making it,” he said. “The American people don’t like it.
How long will this worthless song and dance continue?
What is this stupidity accomplishing?
You know all this can be avoided all these spineless dicks have to do is sign a continuing resolution and the government keeps going.
This whole affair like all others is nothing more that a political game played by people that have nothing to lose.
It is disgusting and most of all truly pathetic.
But who will get the blame?
Meanwhile, a separate YouGov poll of U.S. adults conducted on Oct. 2 found that 45% think Trump is “very responsible” for causing the shutdown. That’s compared to the 22% who felt the president was not at all responsible.
The figures were similar to sentiments toward congressional Republicans, where 43% of U.S. adults said they were very responsible for causing the shutdown, compared to 19% who said they were not at all responsible. Congressional Democrats fared somewhat better in the early October poll, with 36% saying they were very responsible for the shutdown, while 14% said Democrats were not at all responsible.
(desertsun.com)
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“lego ergo scribo”
While all this is going on, Trump is busy blatantly begging for the Nobel Peace Prize and planning a trip to the middle east. He doesn’t seem to be aware that nominations for this year’s peace prize actually closed in January this year.
Best wishes, Pete.
I think he is thinking that the Gaza made for TV peace deal will give him a leg up…..chuq
All the dems want are two concessions. It’s not the “laundry” list that the GOP claims and anyone that can read is able to confirm that. When the loudest voice in the GOP, aka Marjorie Taylor Greene, says they need to concede to allow extensions of ACA healthcare, there’s a mixed message that puts a spotlight on the GOPs damn hypocrisy. The American people just aren’t that stupid to believe this is anything other than a blocker to preventing Epstein file release. The PEOPLE want to see the files, and then more this shutdown goes on, the louder the voices of dissent get, and it will be near impossible for the GOP to block AND also keep their seats in 2026. Now I’m really curious about Taco heading to Walter-Reed tomorrow for an “annual physical” when he’s already had an annual physical. What are they hiding???
Andrew that is an excellent point…..wassup with this visit? chuq
Yeah, he’s going in for what they’re calling a “semi-annual” check up. I find that rather curious as well because I always thought it was an annual thing, not twice a year. There are rumors that the poor old bugger had another mild stroke so maybe that’s it.
It will be interesting to see if there is any lies released…..chuq
Of course he’ll say he passed with flying colors. He can do nothing else. But notice that the one thing that NEEDS to be talked about, but won’t be, is his mental state.
I know we will not get the real story just some made up manure as usual. chuq
I think the US is the only country in the world that goes through this insanity at budget time. Every state in the Union and almost every country I know of has provisions in the law that if the government can’t come up with a new budget at the end of the budget cycle, the old budget remains in place until such time as a new one is passed. This whole government shut down thing is nothing but political theater and we shouldn’t have to put up with it.
What I’d like to see is an amendment to the constitution that A) does exactly what I said above, the country goes on under the old budget. and B) Congresspeople personally face serious penalties if they fail to deliver a budget on time.
GF I like the penalty thing….that could eliminate all these extra funds the War Dept gets……this country needs more attention but not the stupidity of Donny’s attention. chuq
That congressmen (and state legislators) face no penalties at all for failing to do their jobs has always irritated me. Here in Wisconsin the GOP controlled legislature has refused to even have hearings to approve some of Evers, the democratic governor’s appointments to some departments. Evers is going to be done with his 2nd term in another year. and there are still 7 cabinet level department heads who have been serving as “temporary appointments” because the state senate refuses to hold hearings to confirm them according to the Capital Times newspaper. So this crap has been going on for almost seven years now.
That is pathetic….I think Congress should be paid for part time work since they spend less time in DC than sucking up to money. chuq