5d ago

Looks like the Dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill... "After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice"

abcnews.go.com After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice

House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025. The measure now heads to the Senate, where Democrats face a "stark" choice.

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Looks like the dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill
That's not what the article says. Only 1 dem voted in favor in the house out of 214. A number of senate dems have come out against the CR, and more keep going that way. Plus Rand Paul has also said he'll vote no. For some reason, republicans aren't using reconciliation (which would only need a strict majority for budget bills) so it goes to the filibuster which requires 60 votes and thus 7 flips without republican defections, 8 if you count Ran Paul's pledged defection
Call you senator if they haven't said what they plan to do, floods of calls will matter here a lot
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
- My guess is they're saving their reconciliation bill for something bigger than a continuing resolution. Congress as a whole is limited to just three a year, and only one of them can be about spending. Kicking the can down the road a couple months seems like a horribly inefficient use for reconciliation.
- If they were smart id say this is some plan to make the dems responsible for the shut down and blame economic crashes on that.
  
  That's my read. They don't actually care about shutting down the government, they just don't want to be the one responsible for it.
  
  Yep. If the shut down does happen I'd bet money that federal workers aren't getting back pay when its over.
- Thank you very much for the correction and additional context

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