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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have multiple flights booked in the next few weeks and I am more than happy to sit in airports or have them cancelled if it means some curtailing of this psychotic government’s power. I am so sick of the devaluing of the American presidency with wild bs. I honestly wouldn’t care if it shut down until the midterms and I don’t think I’m alone. [/quote]

That’s fine. But just understand that you’re willing to miss your flight because Senator Schumer is trying to avoid a primary. [/quote]

Or that Mike Johnson doesn't want to bring the House back because he would have to swear in a certain member that was elected almost 2 months ago. We can do this all day.[/quote]

No we can’t do this all day. Because the Speaker said about a thousand times the House will be brought back into session 48 hours after the Senate passes the clean CR.  [/quote]

That would require the House pass a clean CR. What they passed that is sitting at the senate is not a clean CR. Add to it that teh CR was supposed to be a bridge to passing a full budget bill. That bill should have been ready now for debate and passage, but since the House hasn't been in session, the bill is not ready. That is not the Dems fault.[/quote]If it's not a clean CR then you'll need to explain what's new in it. Because that's what everyone is reporting, not just Fox.

My advice to the Dems would be to come out with a public statement saying they have decided to vote for the House CR because they don't want to see Americans suffer due to reduced SNAP benefits. However, if extension of the ACA subsidies aren't in the next House bill, they will not support it, same as this time. Give them warning to pull the snap payments forward and replenish the contingency funds.

It makes the Repubs look like heels and preserves their negotiating leverage, while giving Americans a break and the Trump admin some rope to hang themselves. [/quote]

A CR has already been passed once, months ago.  And the Republicans have failed to cone up with a budget bill.  Instead, all they've done is cram through the BUB, which undermines the previous budget such that the CR is no longer 'clean.'

Plus ACA renewals are *now*.  It doesn't work to just wait and revisit the idea in a couple of months.  By then, tons of Americans won't have health care, and the program will be damaged by the precipitous change.

And you can't trust the Republicans to follow through on anything.

Funny how the Republicans made a huge priority of making temporary tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, but they find a one year extensions of ACA subsidies to be completely objectionable. 
[/quote]It's only until Nov 21, then the CR itself expires and we start over with a new shutdown. The Dems will be in a better position because they have shown compassion where the Repubs have none. And the burden will be on the Trump admin to plan for a shutdown they know is coming.[/quote]

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