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…
  • Curious Canid@lemmy.ca
    251·
    1 year ago

    I understand what they're saying, but it's a bad way of saying it. "Inevitable" implies there is nothing anyone could do about it. This is the direct result of choices made by a fanatical group of House members who would rather posture on social issues than actually govern. And they are the result of bad choices their electorate made in voting for them.

    A small portion of our population is choosing to hurt large numbers of people (including themselves) to push extreme positions on social issues that the majority does not support.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      This is the direct result of choices made by a fanatical group of House members who would rather posture on social issues than actually govern. And they are the result of bad choices their electorate made in voting for them.

      Don't forget the Speaker himself, who I think knows how horrible an idea this shutdown is, and also knows that if he brought the Senate bills up for a vote, they would pass with wide bipartisan support. But even appearing to work with Democrats will get his ass fired.

    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      39·
      1 year ago

      If only the left had people like that.

      That was what Justice Democrats were made for, but they give away their power to easily. They have now become like any other crip.

      That is how I have seen it now, over the years of following them.

      • Curious Canid@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 year ago

        I don't think we need fanatics, but we do need a level of passion and determination that I rarely see on the left. Bernie Sanders is almost exactly what we need, except for his age. And even so he is surprisingly effective. There has to be a new generation of leaders who will fight for their beliefs.

        Figuring out where to compromise is not easy. Some compromise will always be necessary to actually govern. We're seeing the proof of that in the "Feedom Caucus". At the same time, we need people who are always pushing to gain ground, even if they can't win a particular fight.

        The Squad has most of the right ideas, but I think they have been too cautious. Maybe it would be different if they had more experience and seniority. So far they've been too willing to fall in line with the moderates.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
    51·
    1 year ago

    Something that I only heard today and needs to be included in every talk on this subject, is that active duty military will not get paid in the event of a shutdown. Great way to show our appreciation for their sacrifice eh?

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    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 stopgap, which is backed by leaders in both parties, are delaying a vote to give the House a chance to pass its own continuing resolution to fund government.

    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.

    “Unless something dramatic happens today or tomorrow, there will likely be a couple-of-day or longer shutdown — very, very unfortunately, because it’s our responsibility to exercise and exhaust all options,” Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) said.

    A second GOP senator who requested anonymity expressed optimism that McCarthy will be able to round up enough votes for an alternative House GOP-drafted stopgap.

    Asked if there’s enough time for the Senate and House to negotiate a compromise stopgap funding bill before the Saturday deadline, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said “no.”

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    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      A second GOP senator who requested anonymity expressed optimism that McCarthy will be able to round up enough votes for an alternative House GOP-drafted stopgap.

      Yeah, he requested anonymity because he knows that his hope is nothing but bullshit misdirection. He's well aware that a Senate bill is on the table just waiting for a House vote that will never come, and that "an alternative House GOP-drafted stopgap" would be chock-full of poison pills that the Senate would never accept, but he's hoping the existence of the latter would deflect blame from the petulant traitor caucus and unfairly back onto the Democrats that are actually trying to govern.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      91·
      1 year ago

      Let's not go. The folks in my area would have to work without getting paid on time. While I would be OK for awhile without pay, some of the folks I supervise are in rather precarious financial situations and this could absolutely devastate them and their families.