Anonymous wrote:Reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered, per Senate rules. At some point, they will just do that.

Anonymous wrote:Reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered, per Senate rules. At some point, they will just do that.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

WRONG. You are just mad because the democratic senators won’t be the republicans biatch like they were in March and rubber stamp the republicans agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still not understanding how the POTUS doesn’t need approval from Congress to close federal departments or withhold funding already approved by Congress (in addition to tearing down part of the WH and in his mind potentially going to war on Venezuela), but he is beholden to Congress to keep the government open.

This is a tactical risk the Democrats are taking here. The AG can just rebuke the whole shutdown theory of the Carter admin and look like a hero for doing it.

This is the strategy. There is no shutdown. We were told to go back to work at HHS and continue all operations normally starting on Monday. They claim to have found fees to fund us but our work is narrowed to one area of funded services. Either we are all being asked to violate the Anti Deficiency Act or they are reinterpreting the law so that what they have asked us to do is not a violation. I’m sure that all other agencies are operating the same way- operations that are Trump priorities are continuing forward.

Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

Because you don't know what you are talking about. They are no exempt from the filibuster.

But the GOP can dispense with the filibuster. The GOP has already dispensed with the Constitution so why stop there?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

Because you don't know what you are talking about. They are no exempt from the filibuster.

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Anonymous wrote:I bet this runs until Dec.

If I were Chuck Schumer, I would approve the House CR on November 18, while letting Mike Johnson know that any further funding would require bipartisan negotiation. Then the House can come back to Washington for the Epstein vote before another shutdown begins.

Um, wasn't that what was supposed to happen after the last CR months ago?

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Anonymous wrote:I bet this runs until Dec.

If I were Chuck Schumer, I would approve the House CR on November 18, while letting Mike Johnson know that any further funding would require bipartisan negotiation. Then the House can come back to Washington for the Epstein vote before another shutdown begins.

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.