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While this may be true, how would the corrupt politicians line their pockets getting kickbacks from their pork projects?
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^^^ from one of the comments comes the truth.
"Most of America will tell you all about Kim Kardashian and her larger-than-life tush but have no clue about the laws screwing them, their kids, and their communities. Disgraceful."
To fix the government, relative to spending anyways, all that needs to happen is to revert to the level of gov spending in 2017.
If they did that, the gov would have a balanced budget overnight, no one would have their entitlement payments cut, interest payments would be made and the debt ceiling would not need to be increased.
That's a win for McCarthy's leadership as Speaker.Passed the house 314-117.
... Yes just relax because we are about to bend you over, use no lube and fork you really hard. ...
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The U.S. government will shut down at midnight on Sept. 30 if Congress fails to pass spending legislation. While the Senate is back in session Tuesday, the House will not return to work until Sept. 12, leaving nearly three weeks to pass funding before the deadline.
The White House on Thursday asked Congress to pass a single short-term measure, called a continuing resolution, to fund the federal government at current levels and avoid a shutdown while negotiations continue over a dozen long-term funding bills.
The leaders of both chambers agree that a short-term measure is the best way to avoid a government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said in August that he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., agreed that Congress should pass a continuing resolution to extend funding at existing levels for a few months.
The continuing resolution is a stopgap measure that would set up for a potential shutdown at a later date if Congress cannot in the interim pass the longer-term spending bills. The Republican-led House of Representatives has only passed one of a dozen bills needed to fund the federal government through 2024.
McCarthy came out publicly in support of a continuing resolution to keep the government running during an interview with Fox News last month. He sought to cajole House Republicans into supporting the measure with a warning that investigations into the Biden administration would grind to a halt if the government shuts down.
"If we shut down, all of government shuts it down, investigations and everything else. It hurts the American public," McCarthy told Fox News.
But far-right members of the House GOP are pushing back against McCarthy. The House Freedom Caucus is trying to tie government funding to legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigration and restart construction of the border wall.
And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told constituents during a town hall last Thursday that she would not vote to fund the government unless the House votes to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Bank of America analysts in a note Tuesday put the chances of shutdown as a flip of the coin given the conditions conservative Republicans are putting on funding legislation. If a shutdown does occur, it will have a minimal impact on financial markets, UBS analysts said in a note Tuesday.
Bank of America believes a shutdown is unlikely to last long if it does occur given the potential political consequences for the GOP and the added pressure to fund the government given the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, and the destruction from Hurricane Idalia in Florida and the Southeast last week.
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... House Republicans failed to advance two spending bills and progress with a temporary continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown.
Members of the House Republican Conference introduced a bill on Sunday to fund the government through Oct. 31.
The controversial deal included cuts to domestic spending and funding for border security.
But it was expected to fail in the majority-Democrat Senate.
... The Wall Street Journal has some interesting numbers.
McCarthy proposes discretionary spending bills for fiscal 2024 totaling $1.526 trillion
The hardline conservatives want a budget of $1.471 trillion
The House Appropriations Committee authorized $1.59 trillion.
$1.526 trillion – 1.471 trillion = $0.055 trillion ($55 billion). That’s what the bickering is about. And the result would be a trillion dollar deficit.
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We can debate all day whether we should cut funding for Ukraine.
But here’s the political reality: Biden wants it, most Senate republicans do as well, and all of the allegedly anti-war spending Democrats will vote for more free money to Ukraine as well.
With so much Republican and Democrat support for Ukraine aid, the idea that Ukraine funding will be cut is headed nowhere.
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Axios reports Matt Gaetz Threatens McCarthy to Remove him as Speaker
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A motion to vacate the chair means holding a fresh vote on electing a Speaker of the House.
Part of McCarthy’s deal with the devil to become Speaker was a new rule that allows just one House Republican to advance a motion to vacate.
It might behoove Gaetz to consider the question “Who has the votes to replace McCarthy?“
If this is not a bluff by Gaetz, a motion to vacate could trigger chaos. The motion might fail because it would require 200 Democrats to go along, but what if they did?
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I wouldn't miss them if they wanted to shut down the entire government for a year.
Services like border security? The reality is we could eliminate 90% of the federal government and not even blink an eye.Whole lotta havoc would occur. Lots of services we depend on for smooth day to day activities would be shut down or curtailed big time. I don't understand why we have to go through something that other countries simply take for granted. It's like we've elected kids who play with power like it's a toy and to hell with the people who elected them.
You will never get through. All you'll do is activate libDNA cognitive dissonance.Services like border security? The reality is we could eliminate 90% of the federal government and not even blink an eye.
I'm not sure what you mean by other countries take for granted? What do they take for granted? The fact that politicians will pass a budget? Keep in mind, most other countries operate at a fraction of what the US does. We have the most expensive government in the world as well as it being the most corrupt. In case you haven't noticed, there is a huge segment of America that is tired of the inflation and tired of having their standard of living deteriorate drastically year after year while those in Government just enrich themselves off of our tax dollars.
For just a year? That'd be far too short. Needs to be permanent.I wouldn't miss them if they wanted to shut down the entire government for a year.
If so, it's only because the parts of gov needing to shut down, won't be.Whole lotta havoc would occur. Lots of services we depend on for smooth day to day activities would be shut down or curtailed big time.
The people who elected them want the excess spending stopped.It's like we've elected kids who play with power like it's a toy and to hell with the people who elected them.
At least 90%. Probably more.Services like border security? The reality is we could eliminate 90% of the federal government and not even blink an eye.
Matt should go into television or work with Tucker. He is done in Congress.
Hopefully it'll take at least 13 Months.Looks like the motion to vacate is going to pass. The battle to elect a new Speaker will begin soon. It likely won't end soon though.
The continuing resolution was only for 45 days. Congress was working on appropriation bills when this happened. If the wrangling for a new Speaker lasts more than a couple of weeks, it's likely going to end up causing at least a partial government shutdown. I expect some disorderly action in the markets as this plays out.Hopefully it'll take at least 13 Months.
I am shocked. Just when you think things could not get more screwed up they out do themselves. It was payback and the dems pilled on. Only took 8 pukes to get rid of him. I am shocked. Repuke chaos is as scary as the demopedos rioting in the streets and burring down cities.Nope. Wrong.
For the record, Pelosi should have been removed each time she was speaker
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