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Democrats Cave on Government Funding,
Will Receive Nothing for Ending Schumer Shutdown
Democrats Cave on Government Funding, Will Receive Nothing for Ending Schumer Shutdown
A disastrous shutdown for Democrats got worse Sunday when Senate Democrats folded on government funding while receiving nothing in return.
A disastrous shutdown for Democrats got worse Sunday when Senate Democrats folded on government funding while receiving nothing of substance in return.
Eight Senate Democrats voted with 42 Republicans Sunday night on a procedural vote to allow a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government to advance.
The motion passed 60 to 40, without a single vote to spare, and will enable a future vote on a clean continuing resolution through January 30, 2026, packaged with three relatively non-controversial appropriations bills extending through the fiscal year: agriculture, military construction-Veterans Affairs, and legislative branch.
The agreement includes back pay for federal employees and guarantees that the 4,000-plus federal employees laid off during the shutdown will be rehired, as well as a blanket prohibition on future reductions in force through January 30. Those jobs are a drop in the bucket compared to the 250,000 or so the Trump administration eliminated before the shutdown.
Most significantly, the agreement does not guarantee an extension of Covid-era enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, with Democrats only receiving assurances of a vote on a bill of their choice.
“As I have said for weeks to my Democrat friends, I will schedule a vote on their proposal, and I have committed to having that vote no later than the second week in December,” Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on the Senate floor before the vote.
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In a sign of how toxic the shutdown end will be for Democrats, no Democrat senators who voted Sunday to begin the process of reopening the government are up for reelection in 2026.
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The Senate must receive unanimous consent on time agreements to enable speedy passage, but a vote on final passage is likely by the middle of the week. The amended bill must then pass the House.
Commentary:
Sounds like DJT is causing them to grow a bit of a spine. At least he is showing them what a spine looks like.
Great headline and generally good news:
BUT......."The agreement includes back pay for federal employees and guarantees that the 4,000-plus federal employees laid off during the shutdown will be rehired, as well as a blanket prohibition on future reductions in force through January 30. "
Those fed workers who did not work should not be getting.
Next on the list of "To Do" items, a new bill must go through congress that states NO PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS anytime they shut down the government. It could be a one page bill, no big committee needed to write that, no carve outs.....just plain NO WORK,
Defeated and humiliated by Trump once again. 