Originally published at: Congress Turns To Stopgap As GOP Tries To Spin Dems’ Separation Of Powers Request As ‘Unreasonable’
With the March 14 deadline to fund the government looming, Republican leadership on Thursday began abandoning plans for a potential bipartisan spending deal, all while laying the rhetorical groundwork to try to blame Democrats — who are in the minority in the House and Senate — for a potential government shutdown. Democrats have been outspoken…
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First. Maybe. Obligatory cat pic.
The Right Wing Noise Machine™ will be working to spin any GOV shutdown as the fault of the “woke Democrats” so whatever. But that aside this is the only power the D’s have to stop or at least slow down the President Convicted Felon and Co-President Ketamine Kid destroying the Federal Beuracracy. They would be wise not to surrender it.
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“In recent days, Democrats in Congress began laying down their red line: in order to get their support on either plan, they’d need some sort of guarantee that Trump and Musk will………”
Any guarantee from these two is not worth the paper they write it on. Dems should just stay out of the process and then run against the chaos that ensues. If they are part of the process they will blamed as being the problem.
You gotta know when to hold them, and this is the time.
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@padfoot
“Any guarantee from these two is not worth the paper they write it on.”
There is no sense negotiating with bad faith, negotiation partners. Perhaps they could try being honorable for once. And then the Dems would talk to them.
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Coons can’t do better for us than to say “Democrat demand.” He has allowed himself to be trained.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) even claimed that the request would “limit the scope of executive authority” and be “a violation of separation of powers.”
I see it as an exercise in checks and balances although I would understand the argument that insisting he follow the law is infringing on the domain of the Judicial Branch that gave him a free pass.
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What is next? The U.S. Constitution is “unreasonable?” The oath to uphold it is “unreasonable?” The language is being tortured to death!
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The real hell of it is, all previous Republican congressional threats of government shutdown contained a strong performative element and so backing down was not costly. That cannot be the case now with Trump at the opposite end or an entire branch of government will be effectively rendered void: the executive will not only implement budget it will hold the strings to the purse; directly making laws is not far behind that.
ETA: in essence, default or lose democracy; a double bind that makes the devil and the deep blue sea appear kindly.
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The GOP owns this. Just get that message out. They own this and the horror show of Elonia and his bitch Trump. Carville is right. Sit there and play rope-a-dope. These people are so stupid. Let them be stupid. Stupid is as stupid does.
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Coons called Johnson’s argument, that Democrats’ request would be an intrusion on the executive branch, “ridiculous.”
“What does that mean?” Coons asked, exasperated. “Follow the law. I mean how complicated is that. That’s ridiculous.”
Over and over and over - at the top of their lungs - go on every talk show and say the same thing.
Do not get distracted. Do not address anything else. Only this. FOLLOW THE LAW. SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
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Let’s see if news media anywhere picks up that the Democrats only demand is that Republicans obey the law.
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“The Democrats have had completely unreasonable conditions assigned to this,”
In fairness to the Republicans, it probably is unreasonable to expect Donald Trump to act in a lawful manner. They know it isn’t going to happen.
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They installed a convicted criminal in the oval office for the expressed purpose of not following the law. If you haven’t figured that out by now…
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They can end the filibuster. They have the majority. This is all on them.
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It is a sad truth the spine does not exist to do what ought to be done …
IMPEACH THE CONVICTED FELON.
Twenty years ago a demented power hungey felon behaving as trump is would never have been tolerated by republicans let alone democrats. There comes a time in one’s career where truth, personal honor and just living with one’s self matter and outweigh the bullshit of one’s job. I’ve been there in my own career resigning a good job because I refused to lie about my boss’s behavior in a dalliance. Members in Congress who kiss trump’s (…) ought to man up or resign. Or be known far and wide as cowards.
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But, but, McConnell would get his fee-fees hurt. He so loved the filibuster; would never end it.
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GOP House caucus pounds the table and shouts angrily insisting that they do NOT have power of the purse, and that it’s unconstitutional treason for Democrats to suggest they do.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court GOP majority is on the brink of deciding that the constitution gives them no unique powers or checks on presidential power either.
This overthrow-the-government-thing is really a full GOP joint. Not just Musk and Trump
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The GOP majority could stop him in a heartbeat. Pass a law reaffirming that all the moneys cut by Trump/Doge were duly passed by congressional statue and the the president has no constitutional role in blocking them. If he doesn’t comply, impeach him.
Of course Trump is unreasonable. The GOP supports him fully in his unreasonableness…
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This but referring to the US Constitution:
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Nothing says negotiating in bad faith like refusing a demand to follow the law and Constitution on Congress (controlled by Republicans) appropriating and spending money, and opposing a demand to not allow the lawless Trump/Musk regime to unconstitutionally shut down statutorily created agencies.
Refusing that demand to follow the law means the Democrats CANNOT give any votes to the Trump regime and its servile Congress.
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