How could you possibly vote for a funding bill that the Vice President is telling you will be overruled by the executive? www.politico.com/live-updates... - ThreadSky

ddayen.bsky.social • 1 day ago

How could you possibly vote for a funding bill that the Vice President is telling you will be overruled by the executive?
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/11/congress/jd-vance-house-gop-shutdown-stopgap-00223400

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billthepony.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, not a "clean CR" if it includes any changes

camps123.bsky.social•1 day ago

The hapless ninnies must do what their leader tells them to do whether it makes any sense to normal people or not.

jaybut707.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because the régime knows where they and their children live?

kristinekenyon.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Tapping the sign..

gabram1234.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because you want to be overridden because you lack the spine to make the cuts yourself.

tavira.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because they are treasonous cowards??

navinpokala.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Paging @fetterman.senate.gov https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3lk4diu54d22h

suekazi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seems to me that Taxation without Representation kind of started our democratic experiment. We elected our representatives to represent OUR interests and spend OUR money. We did not elect Musk to do either.

ellenahzulu.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Because it gives GOP cover to do what they all really want to do (destroy social safety nets) but blame it on Musk & Trump & Vance.

humblemillennial.bsky.social•1 day ago

This has been my argument for weeks now. Are we supposed to pretend they don't see this happening?

ericer.bsky.social•1 day ago

You could if you were part of an extended family of lizards unconcerned with anything but flicking your red little tongues and catching the exact food that you need, not really equipped for empathy or responsibility, but somehow at the head of government.

kimoco.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are cowards

skymogul.com•1 day ago

The same funding bill's Section 4 has Congress surrendering their ability to override Trump's tariffs at least until January of next year too. http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250310/BILLS-119hres_HJRes25HR1156HR1968_xml.pdf

catherineecullen.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The Supreme Court unanimously found that presidents DO NOT have the unilateral power to impound funding that’s already been enacted by Congress

Train v. City of New York (1975).

michaelajb.breadandros.es•1 day ago

They crave cucking

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5119377-trump-tariff-threat-coons-kaine-congress/

Tariff power belongs to Legislature not Executive

(Article I, Section 8)

Time to take it back:

miked-up.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/fritschner.bsky.social/post/3lk4eyqy73k2z

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Part of the Imperial Presidency trend only worsening.

https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2006/02/imperial-presidency-has-long-history/21214/

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://michiganmessenger.com/files/downloads/conyers09.pdf

kmcelroy24.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Thank god this article was posted. I’m sure if the folks in power read it, they will stop behaving so naughtily

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Some might.

For the rest of them, we need to know what they are doing—or tacitly condoning—so we can hit the streets and town halls to demand better or vote them out of office.

https://newrepublic.com/article/192532/democrats-anti-trump-strategy-ideas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily&vgo_ee=quumdIVNXbwdHBtWcnE%2B1cnja5OFC0%2B9G3vtL0JhTsAG%3Av4%2BYu7TXfsvKxgMvLHft8xbcjK%2B%2BEC6H

mikeyj79.bsky.social•1 day ago

Performative nonsense so as not to upset Dear Leader?

nicolerothrock.bsky.social•1 day ago

When will Congress recall that the president has ZERO AUTHORITY to cut funding, as that is the job of Congress? Today’s republicans are useless corrupt sycophants.

nobrdrsnonatns.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hakeem Jeffries says we have to pick our battles. 🥴

jonnycat222.bsky.social•1 day ago

He doesn't want to cause a disruption.

nobrdrsnonatns.bsky.social•1 day ago

He’s trash.

That's what his donors told him to say!
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/hakeem-jeffries-silicon-valley-donors-00203076

nobrdrsnonatns.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wonder when they’ll get on the Citizens United thing so they don’t have to meet with donors anymore.

I think the money is too good for Democrats to give up. The right wing oligarchs pay Democrats just enough (but certainly not as much as they pay their Republicans) to keep them for destroying the process.

nobrdrsnonatns.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I can vouch for that. My company employs a lobbyist, and I got a look at last years figures. My company maxed out Republican donations, but only about 3 Dems on the list. I assume the three are people they thought they could persuade to vote with the repubs on the item.

leepers.bsky.social•1 day ago

So easily. You don’t care about the constitution or its fuddy duddy ideas of what your job might have been; you care about heat from the president and losing your seat. So you do as your told and you’re actually glad this isn’t your problem anymore.

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cc: @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social

tbiz85.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Cc: @johnfetterman.com

kristinfo.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Right. They’re giving Trump Congress’s power. Then Trump will defund Congress.

They Musk feel pretty financially secure to be okay putting themselves out of a job.

teresarobinson.bsky.social•15 hours ago

@michaelbennet.bsky.social

He's going to ignore the law and steal the money even if you vote yes.

Vote no.

monkeyrotica.bsky.social•1 day ago

Weimar Dems gonna Weimar themselves straight to Gitmo.

nrtn.bsky.social•1 day ago

The White House is doing it now, illegally ignoring the spending that they're supposed to execute as directed by Congress.

What's the point of a spending bill if it's already known to be meaningless?

jalixe.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're planning to blame the declining economy caused by Trump's tariffs and Elon's firong on democrats not accepting the bill, tell your congressmen to hold the line

mikernfn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe can see it if you are a hyper-partisan Republican and know your special requests for exceptions will get answered. I don't know how a Democrat could vote for it. We now have "Government of the Republicans, by the Republicans and for the Republicans".

chrisedelson.bsky.social•1 day ago

they have surrendered their dignity

michelfloyd.bsky.social•1 day ago

They don't want to go on record voting against popular programs that they personally want to cut. Musk gets to be the unaccountable bad cop with plausible deniability going to the (R) legislators.

theprestige.bsky.social•1 day ago

It seems to me that if Congress doesn't care about their role in government, we should go ahead and shut the entire legislative branch down. That would save some $$.

kissemjolk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congress will organize for a special session once a year at the Opera House to recertify Trump as the Dear Leader for another year.

normp.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can just hear Trump screaming
> I'm the King and I'll do whatever I want

bigtentsocialist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think some Democrats are going to need a more pragmatic reason than that. What have you got?

kensawone.bsky.social•23 hours ago

NOT ONE DEMOCRAT should be voting for this CR!
Afraid of a shutdown??? What do you Mump is trying to do?
Act now to stop the tyranny.

allenh798.bsky.social•1 day ago

No is the obvious and only correct choice here @schumer.senate.gov
Get your folks in line

orvaloriginal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hell no! Democrats must do everything they can to maintain Constitutional authority on “power of the purse.” Shut government down if necessary.

tamarajf.bsky.social•1 day ago

If it passes the House and Senate and is signed by POTUS, then would the executive be overruling the legislation or violating it and illegally impounding the funds appropriated by Congress? I think there is a difference, whether it’s subtle or not. Canada’s appropriations process is very different.

haveyouanywool.bsky.social•1 day ago

The president cannot “overrule” legislation that has been enacted. He can issue an Executive Order, but it is only valid and effective to the extent it complies with the Constitution, laws, and regulations. EOs cannot repeal constitutional provisions, nor statutes, nor regulations, but can guide.

gbaji.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you're of the same party as the executive, duh.

katekimball.bsky.social•1 day ago

Has everyone called yr Senators to ask them to vote “No” on cloture?

Cloture is a procedural motion that allows the Senate to move to debate a bill and needs 60 votes.
Dems are prob. worried about being blamed for shutting down the government, but in truth would be standing up for democracy.

the-barely-jew.bsky.social•1 day ago

If only there was a mechanism for congress to do something about a president who refuses to follow the bills they pass. Some sort of check and or balance.