GOP-led Senate passing bills at rate not seen in decades

[rightwinger]

Continuing resolution means government continues at existing funding levels. If Republicans want to add or cut something out they are provided the budget process to do so

Once government is shut down, only essential functions are allowed to operate....parks are not essential functions

Sure, except that they tried to shut down things they had no authority over, all to maximize the inconvenience to the citizens. Actually, only about 17% of the government actually stopped. Most of it kept right on going. The House was ready to fund the entire government save for one program, but Reid and Obama blocked everything instead. They temporarily slowed down government (The other dirty little secret is that no one actually lost any wages. They retroactively got any pay they missed).

How was the public inconvenienced?

nonessential parks were shut down while government healthcare, social security payments, education was maintained

If Republicans wanted to defund Obamacare ( essential function) they could have passed a budget that did so

The Republican temper tantrum wasted $26 billion

Things were shut down that required little to no expense to keep open. In several cases they spent more keeping people out than they would have just leaving them open. That is democrats maximizing pain and inconvenience. Oh, Reid and Obama made sure of that.

Think about what you're saying. By admitting that government functions are non-essential, you are saying that they are good candidates for slashing from a bloated budget drowning in a sea of red ink.

You don't understand the law
Nonessential functions get shut down. Republicans voted unanimously for it

Sorry, but healthcare, education, social security payments are essential

Parks are not

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

 

[hadit]

Sure, except that they tried to shut down things they had no authority over, all to maximize the inconvenience to the citizens. Actually, only about 17% of the government actually stopped. Most of it kept right on going. The House was ready to fund the entire government save for one program, but Reid and Obama blocked everything instead. They temporarily slowed down government (The other dirty little secret is that no one actually lost any wages. They retroactively got any pay they missed).

How was the public inconvenienced?

nonessential parks were shut down while government healthcare, social security payments, education was maintained

If Republicans wanted to defund Obamacare ( essential function) they could have passed a budget that did so

The Republican temper tantrum wasted $26 billion

Things were shut down that required little to no expense to keep open. In several cases they spent more keeping people out than they would have just leaving them open. That is democrats maximizing pain and inconvenience. Oh, Reid and Obama made sure of that.

Think about what you're saying. By admitting that government functions are non-essential, you are saying that they are good candidates for slashing from a bloated budget drowning in a sea of red ink.

You don't understand the law
Nonessential functions get shut down. Republicans voted unanimously for it

Sorry, but healthcare, education, social security payments are essential

Parks are not

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

17% of the government was deemed non-essential. We can't find anything in them that we could offload?

 

[rightwinger]

How was the public inconvenienced?

nonessential parks were shut down while government healthcare, social security payments, education was maintained

If Republicans wanted to defund Obamacare ( essential function) they could have passed a budget that did so

The Republican temper tantrum wasted $26 billion

Things were shut down that required little to no expense to keep open. In several cases they spent more keeping people out than they would have just leaving them open. That is democrats maximizing pain and inconvenience. Oh, Reid and Obama made sure of that.

Think about what you're saying. By admitting that government functions are non-essential, you are saying that they are good candidates for slashing from a bloated budget drowning in a sea of red ink.

You don't understand the law
Nonessential functions get shut down. Republicans voted unanimously for it

Sorry, but healthcare, education, social security payments are essential

Parks are not

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

17% of the government was deemed non-essential. We can't find anything in them that we could offload?

You don't understand what nonessential is. It is not the same as not needed

Nonessential is not life threatening if shut down. Doctors, police, security, social support, health inspections
It also includes functions that if terminated would lead to substantial financial losses.

Many government functions.......contracting, contractual oversight, testing, accounting, legal ...are needed, but people won't die if they are stopped temporarily

 

[hadit]

Things were shut down that required little to no expense to keep open. In several cases they spent more keeping people out than they would have just leaving them open. That is democrats maximizing pain and inconvenience. Oh, Reid and Obama made sure of that.

Think about what you're saying. By admitting that government functions are non-essential, you are saying that they are good candidates for slashing from a bloated budget drowning in a sea of red ink.

You don't understand the law
Nonessential functions get shut down. Republicans voted unanimously for it

Sorry, but healthcare, education, social security payments are essential

Parks are not

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

17% of the government was deemed non-essential. We can't find anything in them that we could offload?

You don't understand what nonessential is. It is not the same as not needed

Nonessential is not life threatening if shut down. Doctors, police, security, social support, health inspections
It also includes functions that if terminated would lead to substantial financial losses.

Many government functions.......contracting, contractual oversight, testing, accounting, legal ...are needed, but people won't die if they are stopped temporarily

And Obama had to go above and beyond to make people notice when they were stopped. A lot of those things are not federal concerns and are best handled at the local level.

 

[longknife]

If you two children are finished - the point of the OP is that, without Dingy Harry leading the pack, the Senate is actually operating as it was designed to. Bills are actually getting debated in the open instead of gathering dust somewhere.

The quality or content are not the point. It is simply that the Senate is conducting the people's business for a change.

And, of course, Dingy Harry is playing his old stalling games.

 

[rightwinger]

You don't understand the law
Nonessential functions get shut down. Republicans voted unanimously for it

Sorry, but healthcare, education, social security payments are essential

Parks are not

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

17% of the government was deemed non-essential. We can't find anything in them that we could offload?

You don't understand what nonessential is. It is not the same as not needed

Nonessential is not life threatening if shut down. Doctors, police, security, social support, health inspections
It also includes functions that if terminated would lead to substantial financial losses.

Many government functions.......contracting, contractual oversight, testing, accounting, legal ...are needed, but people won't die if they are stopped temporarily

And Obama had to go above and beyond to make people notice when they were stopped. A lot of those things are not federal concerns and are best handled at the local level.

No he didn't.....parks are always considered nonessential government functions . Federal parks are a federal concern and subject to shutdown.

Maybe Republicans shouldn't have voted to shut down government

 

[rightwinger]

If you two children are finished - the point of the OP is that, without Dingy Harry leading the pack, the Senate is actually operating as it was designed to. Bills are actually getting debated in the open instead of gathering dust somewhere.

The quality or content are not the point. It is simply that the Senate is conducting the people's business for a change.

And, of course, Dingy Harry is playing his old stalling games.

Harry passed significant bills...Obamacare, stimulus, financial reform, STARt

Republicans just rename post offices

 

[hadit]

Which means they are expendable and could be sold off to reduce government overspending. Basically, what you're saying is that a government "shutdown" is anything but. In fact, it is a publicity stunt regularly held by democrats for political hit points.

You want to sell the Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Liberty?

17% of the government was deemed non-essential. We can't find anything in them that we could offload?

You don't understand what nonessential is. It is not the same as not needed

Nonessential is not life threatening if shut down. Doctors, police, security, social support, health inspections
It also includes functions that if terminated would lead to substantial financial losses.

Many government functions.......contracting, contractual oversight, testing, accounting, legal ...are needed, but people won't die if they are stopped temporarily

And Obama had to go above and beyond to make people notice when they were stopped. A lot of those things are not federal concerns and are best handled at the local level.

No he didn't.....parks are always considered nonessential government functions . Federal parks are a federal concern and subject to shutdown.

Maybe Republicans shouldn't have voted to shut down government

That's just it, they didn't. Reid and Obama did, by refusing to fund everything in the government except one program.