Official Government Shutdown 2023 Thread

[Anonymous]

McCarthy’s giving in to the lunatics:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/26/mccarthy-conservatives-cut-spending/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McCarthy says he thinks he can negotiate a CR with his caucus, and the Senate says they will start working on one as well. Seems like this is overblown and the government likely won't shut down.

Are there enough republicans who will vote for a bill that includes Ukraine funding?

He says he is optimistic that this will all be smoothed out by Friday unless the Democrats insert something unexpected into the CR. So I assume there must be some sort of solution in the works.

Good. Glad that cooler heads will prevail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McCarthy says he thinks he can negotiate a CR with his caucus, and the Senate says they will start working on one as well. Seems like this is overblown and the government likely won't shut down.

Are there enough republicans who will vote for a bill that includes Ukraine funding?

He says he is optimistic that this will all be smoothed out by Friday unless the Democrats insert something unexpected into the CR. So I assume there must be some sort of solution in the works.

Good. Glad that cooler heads will prevail.

Did you not see the link above?

Until I see a reputable source, e.g., like the link above, stating that McCarthy is optimistic, I don’t buy it. Not when The Post just published something that contradicts the “cooler heads” theory.

[Anonymous]

Yawn. Maybe a quick shutdown over the weekend and then open for business on Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McCarthy says he thinks he can negotiate a CR with his caucus, and the Senate says they will start working on one as well. Seems like this is overblown and the government likely won't shut down.

Are there enough republicans who will vote for a bill that includes Ukraine funding?

He says he is optimistic that this will all be smoothed out by Friday unless the Democrats insert something unexpected into the CR. So I assume there must be some sort of solution in the works.

Good. Glad that cooler heads will prevail.

Did you not see the link above?

Until I see a reputable source, e.g., like the link above, stating that McCarthy is optimistic, I don’t buy it. Not when The Post just published something that contradicts the “cooler heads” theory.

totally agree. he may negotiate a CR but its going to be a complete non-starter in the Senate. So back to square one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Maybe a quick shutdown over the weekend and then open for business on Monday.

Head, meet sand.

[Anonymous]

The senate's CR would go through 11/17, the week before T-giving. ugh so we would be doing this all again right before a holiday. I'm not sure which is worse--shutting down now or facing this again right before a major holiday. Not to mention their CR contains funding for Ukraine which is a non-starter for the House. They should just strip that out at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Maybe a quick shutdown over the weekend and then open for business on Monday.

Head, meet sand.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Maybe a quick shutdown over the weekend and then open for business on Monday.

Head, meet sand.

Nope.

What are you basing your prediction on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Maybe a quick shutdown over the weekend and then open for business on Monday.

Head, meet sand.

Nope.

What are you basing your prediction on?

my gut

[Anonymous]

The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

I hate that I have to disagree. The Senate has already long passed appropriations as well. It did nothing to move a single bill in the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

I hate that I have to disagree. The Senate has already long passed appropriations as well. It did nothing to move a single bill in the house.

so nothing burger still?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

The senate was never the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

I hate that I have to disagree. The Senate has already long passed appropriations as well. It did nothing to move a single bill in the house.

so nothing burger still?

Yes. The problems are freedom caucus won't vote for anything that isn't draconian. McCarthy can't do a bipartisan bill because freedom caucus will remove him. Any speculation that Democrats will both a) save the Republicans and b) save McCarthy, the two things needed for a house bipartisan cr, seems unfounded.

The only two ways out I see are: freedom caucus caves or Republicans give Dems deep concessions. Neither are likely without pain