Official Government Shutdown 2023 Thread

[Anonymous]

So if this goes til Dec 29, and we get paid on January 2 or 3 of next year, for which tax year will deductions be allocated?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At first I thought that everyone should take this clean CR with no Ukraine money. But TBH, the Ra are not going to agree to any of the terms in the final bills so all we’d do is find ourselves in the same position in two weeks. Just rip the bandaid off, shut it down and come up with a budget.

No thanks. Take the CR.

DP - and do this again in 45 days? Ugh.

it’ll be resolved by then.

It will? This happened in 2018. They’ll never shutdown before Christmas, the optimists said. Oops.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the chamber will vote today on a 45-day continuing resolution that would keep the government open until mid-November.

The bill won't contain funding for the war in Ukraine, Scalise said.

Without the Ukraine funding and with hardliner Republicans still opposing a temporary spending bill, its unlikely the measure will pass.

I read that too, but I think it could be wrong. Shutting down over $6 billion for Ukraine?

I don’t necessarily agree with our Ukraine policy, but how can the Dems vote to undermine a key foreign policy activity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this passes the house, how quickly could it move through the senate (if there’s enough support there)? Could it be resolved before monday? There are a bunch of people in my division who are supposed to be flying out tomorrow to attend a week-long conference. I’m sure tomorrow’s flights are a no-go, but how quickly could this get resolved?

I think quickly. The only hold up in senate is rand Paul. So if they remove Ukraine funding he should be good

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this passes the house, how quickly could it move through the senate (if there’s enough support there)? Could it be resolved before monday? There are a bunch of people in my division who are supposed to be flying out tomorrow to attend a week-long conference. I’m sure tomorrow’s flights are a no-go, but how quickly could this get resolved?

I think quickly. The only hold up in senate is rand Paul. So if they remove Ukraine funding he should be good

Yup. It’ll move really fast, one would hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At first I thought that everyone should take this clean CR with no Ukraine money. But TBH, the Ra are not going to agree to any of the terms in the final bills so all we’d do is find ourselves in the same position in two weeks. Just rip the bandaid off, shut it down and come up with a budget.

No thanks. Take the CR.

DP - and do this again in 45 days? Ugh.

it’ll be resolved by then.

It will? This happened in 2018. They’ll never shutdown before Christmas, the optimists said. Oops.

Ugh, the cynicism.

[Anonymous]

Can’t they fund Ukraine in a different bill?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t they fund Ukraine in a different bill?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

uh-oh. Rep. DeLauro came out against the CR. She is an esteemed member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t they fund Ukraine in a different bill?

Have you not been paying attention at all?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t they fund Ukraine in a different bill?

Have you not been paying attention at all?

So why was Ukraine funding attached to the CR at all?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t they fund Ukraine in a different bill?

Have you not been paying attention at all?

So why was Ukraine funding attached to the CR at all?

Because wars don’t stop when Congress can’t get its crap together. Sending money to Ukraine is better than sending American troops to Europe when Vlad gets more stupid ideas and encroaches on a NATO country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:uh-oh. Rep. DeLauro came out against the CR. She is an esteemed member.

She is the Ranking Member on the appropriations committee, so she carries the weight of the Dems on the committee. This this is going nowhere

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At first I thought that everyone should take this clean CR with no Ukraine money. But TBH, the Ra are not going to agree to any of the terms in the final bills so all we’d do is find ourselves in the same position in two weeks. Just rip the bandaid off, shut it down and come up with a budget.

No thanks. Take the CR.

DP - and do this again in 45 days? Ugh.

it’ll be resolved by then.

It will? This happened in 2018. They’ll never shutdown before Christmas, the optimists said. Oops.

Ugh, the cynicism.

I’d rather be a realist than delusional. That happened and it sucked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:uh-oh. Rep. DeLauro came out against the CR. She is an esteemed member.

why?