President Donald Trump, aka Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, has been getting his own way about everything. That is, until yesterday. The 116th session of Congress was sworn-in. They elected Nancy Pelosi [D-CA] Speaker of the House again. They passed two bills to reopen the government without providing a penny for the Republican Wall of Hatred. Effectively they told Trump, “Take your shutdown and shove it!”
Hours after Democrats took control of the U.S. House on Thursday, lawmakers approved two spending bills to reopen the federal government.
The House, seeking to end the 13-day shutdown, passed funding for eight of the nine closed departments by a vote of 241-190 Thursday night. All Democrats and eight Republicans approved the measure, which provides funding through Feb. 8.
In addition, the House voted 239-192, including backing by five Republicans, to fund the Department of Homeland Security at current spending levels through Feb. 8, with $1.3 billion for border security but no money to build a wall.
“Let’s open the government, and let’s get to work because we have a plan that makes sense,” Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, said at a news conference before the votes…. [emphasis added]
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Kudos to the Democrats. The following video clip provides more detail.
Here’s what is so special about this tactic. On December 19, the Senate Republicans, with agreement from Democrats, unanimously passed a virtually identical bill. So the House is just saying yes to what they proposed. Now if they refuse to vote on House version, they expose their naked hypocrisy to voters.
Speaking of naked hypocrisy, few things are more revolting than Bought Bitch Mitch naked.
RESIST!!
13 Responses to “Take Your Shutdown and Shove It!”
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As many times as Republicans have exposed their naked hypocrisy in exactly this same way, it has made NO DENT in their base. I have no faith that this time it will be any different.
You see, in order for it to make a dent in the base, the base has to HEAR about it. And they will not hear about it from Fox or Sinclair. Or Facebook or Twitter. That has been the stumbling block in the past, and will continue to be, as long as we do not have a press which does its job.
This is why we must KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING but also KEEP HAMMERING THROUGH NEWS OUTLETS THAT THE RIGHT THING IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
I don’t expect anyone here to have one iota of confidence in Susan Collins, and as a Coloradan, I urge all not to have an iota of faith in Cory Gardner.
I’ve done my part, contacting my Rep (maybe after the fact) and both my Senators. Let us keep resisting and raising hell so we can unravel this monstrosity that is the tRump regime – I will not taint the word “administration” by applying it to the current laughable excuse for leadership the USA currently has.
Now, President Grifter has threatened a state of emergency that will allow him to get his wall built. He reportedly told Schumer that he could not back down about the wall, or he’d look like a fool…does this clown ever look in the mirror?
McConnell can be expected to do the worst things possible, at every opportunity!
This shutdown has caused a lot of pain for folks. Mentally, and financially, all of us included !!
I know several Fed workers who have small children, and have bills to pay. trump is an ass, with his damn cronies to let this continue. Mitch…I read that!!! The political climate is foreboding with regards to that also, as ..personally, I feel that dt will not use these powers in the best interests of the citizens.
From the Washington Post (specifically, from a breaking news email):
If it goes on, or even looks like going on, people will quit their federal jobs and find employment that pays. And no one will want to be hired for those jobs, assuming they ever open up again.
Yep. Pretty much sums everything up, as far as the sheet-fest goes.
Thx, Joanne.
I particularly enjoyed this part of Speaker Pelosi’s acceptance speech when she quotes Ronald Reagan at length in support of Democrats’ plan to be an inclusive nation – and the Rethuglicans sat on their hands to the point she even turned to them and asked, “What? No applause for Ronald Reagan?”
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2018-06-21/html/CREC-2018-06-21-pt1-PgH5370-9.htm
And I hate to disagree, but I think a naked Mitch McTurtle is kinda cute …
Only in a soup!
He has really gotten himself in a screwed up mess.
He’s causing innocent 800,000 federal employees to wonder how the heck they are going to pay their monthly bills, feed their kids, pay for schooling etc. all because of his flipping wall.
Now saying he is going to make it lasts for months, even years. He’s totally heartless.
Pure torture.
WooHoo go 116th Congress!!!!
Happiness!!! ?
In one day Drumpf threatens to keep the federal government partly closed for “months or even years” if he didn’t get his wall, called the meeting with the Democratic leadership “productive” and then threatened to use his executive powers to call a state of emergency to build his wall without Congress. Oh, and let’s not forget: suggest Democrats and the Whit House send in some delegates to negotiate further. Really?
?”Unhinged” would characterize this presidential behaviour fairly, don’t you think?
If not “fairfly”, “unhinged” is an understatement.
Thanks and hugs to all.