A government shutdown increasingly looks inevitable as GOP opponents of a stopgap in the Senate seek to drag out the process ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline.   Opponents of the Senate stop…
      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
        2·
        3 years ago

        Typically, funding showdowns in divided government between Congress and the White House have featured pitched battles over specific policies, such as Trump’s border wall or Obamacare. But budget experts and historians say the current impasse stands out for its lack of a clear policy disagreement.

        It’s about nothing.

        • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
          0·
          3 years ago

          Thanks for further clarification!

          I thought it was to remove Ukraine funding, since oversite was denied last time?

          Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) reiterated his threat Thursday that he would do everything he could to slow down passage of the funding stopgap unless Senate leaders agree to pull $6.15 billion for Ukraine out of the bill.

          “To avoid a government shutdown, I will consent to an expedited vote on a clean CR without Ukraine aid on it. If leadership insists on funding another country’s government at the expense of our own government, all blame rests with their intransigence,” he posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.

          • Barry Zuckerkorn@beehaw.org
            1·
            3 years ago

            Rand Paul is in the Senate and isn’t a swing vote. There are more than enough votes in the Senate for a CR, with or without him. In fact, the Senate passed a CR 77-19 on Wednesday, that included funding for Ukraine.

            The shutdown is happening because the House won’t bring a bill to the floor, with or without Ukraine funding.

  • nosuchuser@reddthat.com
    4·
    3 years ago

    The document highlights Rand Paul’s threat to slow down passage of the funding stopgap unless Ukraine aid is removed, indicating one senator’s objection may be enough to cause at least a brief government shutdown.

    What a total doosh-canoe. Fucking Republican ass-clowns are all on the Russian payroll. Fuck these traitorous assholes.

    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      You know most polls show that Americans think that we gave enough funding for Ukraine.

      Putin and his oligarchy henchmen are the ones pushing for war, same with the US oligarchy.

      Bloods and crips are both pushing for more war.

      Only the few and “extreme” of both gangs are pushing against the status quo, they are the populists.

      • nosuchuser@reddthat.com
        1·
        3 years ago

        You know we made our entire economy essentially relying on the military industrial complex so I mean why stop now?