Oh boy, Maga Mike Johnson needs D votes to avoid a shutdown

[bendog]

The government funding fight is about to flare again

Top lawmakers have less than three weeks to finish the first half of a federal spending agreement that's expected to top $1.7 trillion, with the first of two deadlines hitting on March 1.

www.politico.com

I wonder what he's giving up for Lent. lol

 

[ColonelAngus]

How about a permanant Fed shutdown?

 

[kyzr]

No money until the borders are SEALED. Period. Full Stop.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Shut it down. That's a start

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Shut it down. That's a start

But who will spend us all into oblivion, perpetuate endless global wars, and conduct all that insider trading?

Without Congress, we are truly lost.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

But who will spend us all into oblivion, perpetuate endless global wars, and conduct all that insider trading?

Without Congress, we are truly lost.

Congress isn't helping me.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The government funding fight is about to flare again

Top lawmakers have less than three weeks to finish the first half of a federal spending agreement that's expected to top $1.7 trillion, with the first of two deadlines hitting on March 1.

www.politico.com

I wonder what he's giving up for Lent. lol

More ridiculous Republican idiocy.

Funding the government shouldn't be an issue at all.

 

[1srelluc]

Shut it down.....Look at all the money we don't have that will be saved.

Better yet just send congress home for gross misconduct and the loss of the public's trust.

 

[bendog]

Shut it down.....Look at all the money we don't have that will be saved.

Better yet just send congress home for gross misconduct and the loss of the public's trust.

do it ..... please.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I am a broken record, I know.

BUT:

1) Follow the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
2) Deport ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS.
3) Allow LEGAL ASYLUM SEEKERS.

 

[kyzr]

More ridiculous Republican idiocy.

Funding the government shouldn't be an issue at all.

It is an issue. Interest on the Debt is exploding. The House needs to cut spending back to 2017 levels.

Biden's 2023 Budget was $6.13T with a $1.7T deficit
Biden's 2022 Budget was $6.27T with a $1.4T deficit
Biden's 2021 Budget was $6.82T with a $2.8T deficit
Trump's 2020 Budget was $6.55T with a $3.1T deficit
Trump's 2019 Budget was $6.55T with a $3.1T deficit
Trump's 2018 Budget was $4.10T with a $0.8T deficit
Trump's 2017 Budget was $4.00T with a $0.5T deficit

 

[westwall]

Let the government shut down. The last time it happened was great.

 

[1srelluc]

do it ..... please.

I believe rats, head lice, and cockroaches have higher approval ratings than congress.

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[SassyIrishLass]

More ridiculous Republican idiocy.

Funding the government shouldn't be an issue at all.

So get a job and fund it

 

[BlindBoo]

I am a broken record, I know.

BUT:

1) Follow the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
2) Deport ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS.
3) Allow LEGAL ASYLUM SEEKERS.

Where were all the immigration hawks during Benedict Donald's term? Recall 2019....

"The families often fled a combination of poverty, violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge and asylum in the U.S. Large groups of migrants, sometimes numbering as many as 400 people, crossed the border illegally, sought out U.S. border agents, and voluntarily turned themselves into custody. By the end of the 2019 fiscal year, agents had processed more than 474,000 migrants traveling as a family along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Their arrival in such large numbers, coupled with a system designed largely to hold single adult men, overwhelmed border agents and immigration officers. That resulted in serious overcrowding, prolonged detention, and deteriorating conditions at border processing and holding facilities, especially in Yuma, Arizona; and El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas; the three main routes used by migrants.

To cope with the drastic surge in arrivals, Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement began releasing thousands of families apprehended at the border. At first, the agencies released the migrants to the custody and care of migrant shelters and nonprofit organizations along border communities. But starting in early 2019, as the number of migrants continued surging, border agents began releasing families at bus stations and other points inside border cities, sometimes without the proper infrastructure to accommodate them."

Donald Trump made a lot of immigration and border promises in 2016. How did he deliver?

Trump's promises included the border wall, catch and release, DACA, sanctuary policies, criminal aliens, travel ban and legal immigration.

www.azcentral.com

Who was impeached over that?

 

[westwall]

I believe rats, head lice, and cockroaches have higher approval ratings than congress.

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Pretty much true.

 

[1srelluc]

Pretty much true.

There needs to be a "study".

 

[BlindBoo]

It is an issue. Interest on the Debt is exploding. The House needs to cut spending back to 2017 levels.

Biden's 2023 Budget was $6.13T with a $1.7T deficit
Biden's 2022 Budget was $6.27T with a $1.4T deficit
Biden's 2021 Budget was $6.82T with a $2.8T deficit
Trump's 2020 Budget was $6.55T with a $3.1T deficit
Trump's 2019 Budget was $6.55T with a $3.1T deficit
Trump's 2018 Budget was $4.10T with a $0.8T deficit
Trump's 2017 Budget was $4.00T with a $0.5T deficit

Both parties are based on a Tax, Deficit Spend, and then kick the can down the road philosophy . The only way to reign them is a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay down the debt to a much small % of the GDP.

 

[pknopp]

More ridiculous Republican idiocy.

Funding the government shouldn't be an issue at all.

Nor should paying for it but yet, that doesn't seem to be a concern.

 

[kyzr]

Both parties are based on a Tax, Deficit Spend, and then kick the can down the road philosophy . The only way to reign them is a balanced budget amendment with a plan to pay down the debt to a much small % of the GDP.

We agree on something.
Too bad Congress never will. This will end badly. (we have 8 GOP deficit hawks, but we need more)
The next credit downgrade may kill the dollar? That would be bad.