To recap:
•Dems negotiated a year-end bill with a few wins.
•Musk killed it to duck scrutiny of his Chinese investments.
•Republicans fumbled around and then pared it down to a "clean" CR, disaster relief and Ag money
•It needs Dem votes to pass today
•Dems will apparently vote yes with no changes
•Dems negotiated a year-end bill with a few wins.
•Musk killed it to duck scrutiny of his Chinese investments.
•Republicans fumbled around and then pared it down to a "clean" CR, disaster relief and Ag money
•It needs Dem votes to pass today
•Dems will apparently vote yes with no changes
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If they offer Dem support to pass a budget resolution that actually does any of the horrible things Republicans tried to do in the “skinny” bill that failed, well, that’s a different conversation.
They could have asked to restore the IRS enforcement funding. They could have asked for the pediatric cancer funds that have been made a cause celebre this week.
Looks like they're asking for nothing
What was it disaffected Dem voters told @anatosaurus.bsky.social was one of top 3 reasons for supporting Trump or not voting? "Dems don't fight for us."
Disgusted.
I don't recall the specific percentage right now, but it was not insubstantial, thought Biden was responsible for overturning Roe.
maybe Johnson said no, we will shut down rather then do IRS
the ped cancer thing is so small, hard to understand
but the IRS thing is big, although the new comissioner will gut it so maybe not that big ?
Sorry, not sorry.
The democrats aren't opposition, they're parasites posing as opposition.
https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3ldru5nokfs24
Disaster funding etc etc.
It was practically an active "fuck you" plan.
New bill apparently doesn't have it.