So the GOP's only option now is to end the filibuster completely, buy off its skeptical members in the worst way possible, and move the budget really far to the right or compromise with Democrats. My guess is they'll go with the former.
House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Setting Up Shutdown Battle in Senate (Edit: Bill Fails)
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I thought this to myself this morning tha this would be the only reason he wants a deal done today. Lol
Good thing we have such a great dealmaker at the helm and not some gigantic orange oaf who only knows how to brute force things.
Seriously, if you haven't unsubscribed from them yet, the last two weeks should have made that an easy decision.
Yeah. It would be pretty different from Trump's usual routine to actually give a fuck.
I saw a video a few days ago on Trump talking about how sports teams choke when they finally reach the big game.. he was making an analogy on why he's a winner and everyone around him are losers.
Today, I don't feel like the PotUS is winning.
NYT is such a shitstain paper now, it's incredible.
WaPo is pretty much all we got now (Boston Globe is good too but their paywall is ridiculous) and it's run by Bezos. Fuck.
If they actually due that right on the eve of 2018 elections I'm gonna assume they are in fact intentionally committing political suicide.
There can be no other explanation.
Wow at the NYT. Any doubt that they're trash is all gone with that type of alert.
Dems could have all voted for it and the motion would hav failed.
Dems could have all voted for it and the motion would hav failed.
The Republicans are basically unaware that its not considered winning because you have scored multiple goals... on your own net.
They spent too much time sucking themselves off Bannon style that it resulted in the greatest choke of all.
Without miracle in next 60 minutes US Government is going to shut down.
We would've done it now, but Franklin the Turtle here is taking his time with the final vote.
McConnell isn't dumb enough to end the filibuster mere months before he's submerged in a blue wave.
Most likely trying to get a motion to change the voting from 60 to majority (51).
But I don't see him on the floor unless I'm blind.
He wants to government to shut down. I see no other explanation.
To register as Dreamers, they had to give the feds all of their current info. ICE is going to use that and immediately go after everyone. The only way to avoid it would be to immediately move and lay low.
