Official Government Shutdown 2023 Thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if they will really get 2/3 of the vote. Listening to Hakeem Jeffries.

I do not get the sense that is where Jeffries is going with this …

I’m really not sure at this point

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is he stalling to allow Democrats (or their staff) more time to read the bill?

That’s my guess.

Yet there are Dems sitting there reading nothing?? I guess they're waiting from an email from their staff with bullet points.

[Anonymous]

Sadly, Few voters outside of the Beltway care that much about Ukraine. That’s what’s jamming Dems up on this. Kind of diabolically brilliant by McCarthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is he stalling to allow Democrats (or their staff) more time to read the bill?

That’s my guess.

Yet there are Dems sitting there reading nothing?? I guess they're waiting from an email from their staff with bullet points.

That is exactly the staff’s job. They have already figured out what’s not there (pay freeze) and have to go line by line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is he stalling to allow Democrats (or their staff) more time to read the bill?

That’s my guess.

Yet there are Dems sitting there reading nothing?? I guess they're waiting from an email from their staff with bullet points.

There’s nothing other than the Ukraine stuff. If thst makes it “unclean” so be it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought they only had 15 min to vote on this adjournment

The motion was called at 1:08.

The president pro tem is clearing the floor and returning the House to order. He's asked everyone to sit or take discussions out of the chamber. Soon a vote will be called on the CR. Debate is resuming. R's have 6 min remaining. D's have 5 min remaining. So, soon.

thank you please keep posting!!!

rose de lauro says “it’s not so clean a CR”

Apparently the bill gives Congress a raise by not extending the 2009 pay freeze. It also doesn’t allow DoD to transfer existing funds to Ukraine. Not clean at all.

Gtfo. These clowns haven't done their work, are actively wasting weeks of federal resources (my shutdown planning was not a good use of my salary) and somehow their own pay made it into their bandaid bill??

[Anonymous]

This is a democrat shutdown full stop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, Few voters outside of the Beltway care that much about Ukraine. That’s what’s jamming Dems up on this. Kind of diabolically brilliant by McCarthy.

It's amazing those of you still wanting to give this guy undo credit. Brilliant would have been getting his ducks in a row 2 weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a democrat shutdown full stop

Except the Rs are in the majority and there is no house bill. So...not really even a little bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a democrat shutdown full stop

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, Few voters outside of the Beltway care that much about Ukraine. That’s what’s jamming Dems up on this. Kind of diabolically brilliant by McCarthy.

This to me seems just like a blame switching move by McCarthy. If Dems don't vote for this because of Ukraine - that's years of campaigning on the issue of - DEMS shut down the US government for Ukraine, GOP was trying to keep it open. Senate Dems seem to be coming out and saying that - that we can't think of Ukraine before the US. IDK where the House Dems are at. Really how many Americans care about Ukraine THAT deeply?

[Anonymous]

I guess I'll catch a quick nap and check back.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn’t a clean CR be one page?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, Few voters outside of the Beltway care that much about Ukraine. That’s what’s jamming Dems up on this. Kind of diabolically brilliant by McCarthy.

This to me seems just like a blame switching move by McCarthy. If Dems don't vote for this because of Ukraine - that's years of campaigning on the issue of - DEMS shut down the US government for Ukraine, GOP was trying to keep it open. Senate Dems seem to be coming out and saying that - that we can't think of Ukraine before the US. IDK where the House Dems are at. Really how many Americans care about Ukraine THAT deeply?

Exactly, that's why this is a Democrat shutdown.

[Anonymous]

wait so what is happening in the Senate?