Posted on Jan 10, 2019
House Dems to vote on 'total nonstarter' bills aimed to end partial shutdown
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This is the real cause of the shutdown - Congress (in this case the Senate) failing to do it's job.
The House has passed bills to the Senate for reopening the government. The Senate SHOULD feel some obligation to at least put them out for a vote - but they won't because they don't think POTUS will sign them. That's not the job of the Senate - to cater to the whims of the POTUS - it's their job to debate and vote on the needs of Americans and government. Until the Senate does it's job and votes on this THEY are really the ones holding the government hostage - not POTUS.
Now, once (if) they do vote and send something to POTUS and if he vetoes it, THEN it will be on him - but until then, this is just the Senate failing to do it's Constitutional duty to be a separate co-equal branch of government.
The House has passed bills to the Senate for reopening the government. The Senate SHOULD feel some obligation to at least put them out for a vote - but they won't because they don't think POTUS will sign them. That's not the job of the Senate - to cater to the whims of the POTUS - it's their job to debate and vote on the needs of Americans and government. Until the Senate does it's job and votes on this THEY are really the ones holding the government hostage - not POTUS.
Now, once (if) they do vote and send something to POTUS and if he vetoes it, THEN it will be on him - but until then, this is just the Senate failing to do it's Constitutional duty to be a separate co-equal branch of government.
House Dems to vote on 'total nonstarter' bills aimed to end partial shutdown
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Expecting politicians to do their job on a broad scale and think of America before their party was your first mistake.
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You had Tom Daschle (Dr. No) and Harry Reid that had a desk full of bills not voted on by the Senate and have the gall to complain about this? As per the Plan of the Day, pure hypocrisy. Seems to me that McConnell learned well from his Democrat predecessors.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
MCPO Roger Collins If I could go back and complain on a non-exist RP at that time I would. It's not hypocrisy if you've always hated it.
But that doesn't change the question - is it something you support and think is within the intent that the Founders had in operating a government?
But that doesn't change the question - is it something you support and think is within the intent that the Founders had in operating a government?
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Congress was supposed to have this budget negotiation completed by 1 OCT each year to include 2018. Continuing Resolutions equate to failing to completely fund the federal government by the start of the federal fiscal year. (1 OCT).
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I think that as of the 1st of Oct the doors should be locked and no one allowed to leave until they have done their job. And all time from October 1st until it is done should be without pay.
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