If I were minority leader in the Senate, I’d pull the trigger. Shut the government down for weeks. Months. However long it takes to destroy this tax bill. I hope Schumer is getting something good in return for letting up on the pressure he could bring to bear, if he chose.
CHIP, DACA, CHIP, DACA, CHIP, DACA
Fix both or don’t ask for any Democratic votes and deal with the Freedom Caucus loons yourselves.
If only the Republicans had a majority in both Houses and a Preisdent in the White House, they could have resolved this months ago.
How is it that people who are deathly afraid of uncertainty in taxation, and perfectly fine with the uncertainty associated with CRs? Remember when the Congress would debate and vote on a budget sent over from the Executive Branch?
The same people who are now complaining about having to work on a CR just before Christmas are the same people that refused to debate Obama budgets. They gave us Sequester and CRs. BTW, if they were really concerned about spending, they should have convinced their leadership and POTUS to work on a budget. These guys are still refusing to govern, even with a Republican POTUS. This is criminal- they are collecting salaries, benefits and perks for doing NOTHING.
Peter King of New York state that will be hit particularly hard by the repeals of SALT is using that onerous bill as a reason to celebrate? How safe is his district? Methinks not as safe as it was before the House passed it’s version of the tax bill and before Ryan started in on cutting Medicare and Medicaid to pay for it.
Dems should mention Medicare cuts every time they talk about the tax bill. Go ahead and call it a Medicare cut bill, over and over again.
“The tax bill is supposed to be the crowning achievement for Republicans,” King said. “This is it for the whole year. This is the top of the mountain. But here we are arguing about a shutdown. Talk about stepping on your own story!”
Yeah. Or stepping on … something.
At the same time, Meadows acknowledged, many of his GOP colleagues felt that it’s worth it to let go of some of their demands for slashing government funding in order to focus on getting their massive tax overhaul—including deep cuts to corporate taxes—over the finish line.
Finally, some honesty from a Republican lawmaker. It’s all about keeping their wealthy donors happy; nice to know.
So, instead of funding for months we now do it for weeks? What is next? Hour by hour?
They have had months to work on a budget and they just will not. They refuse to. This is gross incompetence.
Um has Peter King seen this?
and this to Peter King
They were too busy writing a tax bill that is a mess to bother with passing a budget.
I remember a time when presidents offered a budget in October and the budget was set by spring time to begin July 1. That has not been the case for years.
Unfortunately, the Freedom Caucus loons came to heel. This time.
What a mess!
So, cancel CHIP health insurance. Put vendors and contractors in uncertainty right before Christmas?
What does the Republican Party have against families?
Yes, you do.
And we notice how things have gotten much worse.
The fact that half the fleet of B1-bombers is airworthy indicates that manufacturing is outrunning our capacity to support and maintain. We can slow down the manufacturing of weapons, can’t we, Christians?
You know. Save money, conservatives?
This 115th Congress is full of shit!!!
Only dumb asses would successfully vote and passes a 2-5 trillion dollar deficit WITHOUT passing a fucking BUDGET to operate our damn government.
This is the mindset of crooked crooks, thieves and liars, brutal sexual assaulting mitherfuckers!!!
WHY?
yeah, this isn’t about setting people back financially for decades and destroying the infrastructure our grandparents built -it’s about optics
Their family values = crime family values
Ya know what a measly 1/2 of 1 percent of a 1.5 trillion tax giveaway is ? ? …
--- 7.5 BILLION DOLLARS ---
Yeah … math …
Perspective …