Three weeks ago, Rep. Mike Johnson wrote a letter to his fellow Republicans saying that he was sure they could pass all 12 outstanding appropriations bills by.......this week. In the event, Republicans have passed zero appropriations bills.
The reason for this is the usual one: Hard-right members of the Freedom Caucus have stalled any progress unless they get the massive cuts they want. So now it's time to punt—again—and pass a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. Unfortunately—well, take a guess:
On Tuesday, some of those same hard-line conservatives who moved to oust Mr. McCarthy vented their anger at Mr. Johnson. The House Freedom Caucus, a group of approximately three dozen hard-right lawmakers, announced that it would oppose the measure.
Johnson has now been backed into the same corner that got Kevin McCarthy fired: The only way to keep the government open is to pass a continuing resolution maintaining current spending levels with help from Democrats.
Once it's passed Republicans will have another couple of months to pass appropriations bills. Can they do it? Or will it be the same old story in January? Maybe this will be the first time ever that an entire year goes by without passing a budget—just a year's worth of continuing resolutions.
That would be something, wouldn't it? And it would be a huge own goal. After all, Democrats in the Senate have already agreed to spending cuts of about 7% that were agreed to in the debt ceiling negotiations. If the Freedom Caucus sticks to its guns, they'll end up instead with spending being maintained at current levels. That's a Democratic Party wet dream.
What a bunch of idiots.
Like a prophet I predicted kicking the can down the road because we have representatives like Mike who are massively incompetent and corrupt!
It will soon be time for Uncle Joe to go full Dark Brandon, vacate the speaker, install Hakeem, fully fund the US and Ukraine for the next 5 years (U's gotta stick together), send TFG to Gitmo till the verdicts are in, give everyone who votes for him a free trip to Disneyland. You know he can do that if he really wants to. I smell a landslide coming.
Unfortunately we are out of money for Ukraine. Without US support they will lose the war.
Presumably the EU has money that they could give Ukraine, especially since Ukraine falling would be really detrimental to some of their own members.
Don’t get me wrong: it’s shitty that the Republicans would rather support Russia than Ukraine. But, it’s not like the US has the only pot of money in the free world.
It is an interesting observation that both Republicans and Trump don't say "Europeans should pay, not us". Not obvious to me why, it would certainly fit Trump's attitude to Europe.
The europeans have always given more than the Americans.
Who has ever said the repulsives and their leader t-Rump were/are smart. That is definitely not a word I would use to describe them
Wingnut Senator is going to beat up a witness at a Congressional hearing,
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1724491230191436048
In all fairness it was a teamster and they're always willing to get in a fist fight. (Historically, even when the other side had guns.)
Elect clowns, expect a circus. Part the millionth.
Supposedly they will vote in one hour for what's billed as "a clean CR." Laddered, of course ... gotta build in extra extortion events! -- but only two "rungs."
'One Million Moms' Boycotts Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade For Being A Trans 'Extravaganza',
https://www.comicsands.com/one-million-moms-boycotts-macys-2666256564.html#Echobox=1699989477
All those balloons coming down the street, wanting to use your bathroom.
“As of this writing, [One Million Moms’] Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade boycott petition has 19,243 signatures.”
Seems like if their name is accurate, they wouldn’t have trouble coming up with at least a million signatures, even two if most of the moms stayed married to the dads.