Government Shutdown - Fall 2024
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/johnson-spending-bill-republicans.html
The speaker [Mike Johnson]’s first effort to avert a government shutdown ran into a buzz saw of opposition from both far-right and mainstream Republicans.
... Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, ordered members of his party to shut down the government unless they received “absolute assurances on Election Security.”
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Weird.
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So if the government doesn't shut down, that 'proves' the election was rigged... sigh
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House Speaker Mike Johnson cancelled a planned vote on a stopgap funding bill that would have kept the government open for the next six months.
Johnson’s move came after more than a dozen of his fellow Republicans walked back their support for the proposed legislation, which former President Donald Trump had supported.
The speaker said he would continue to try to drum up support for the bill.
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And these are the people that would have us believe that Donald Trump can be relied upon to have a stable finger on the nuclear trigger.
Big Al
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Still cannot govern:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/16/house-republicans-government-funding/
House Republicans have been in power for nearly two years — and they’re still unable to solve fiscal problems within their ranks.
The belligerent nature of the conference, coupled with a historically narrow majority, has made it almost impossible for any GOP leader to appease each corner of their constituency when nearly every Republican vote is necessary to pass bills along party lines.
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