Does that strategy include negotiating with Democrats? No? Enjoy shutting it down.
They already negotiated with the President and backtracked on the deal they made. So, I don't know how useful that would be.
This isn't a "vacation" for federal employees. Many of which will have to go without pay but continue working until it's resolved.
A very very tiny percent get paid with non appropriated funds and will keep getting paid.
But even the military won't, we'll back pay them, but most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. And even one missed check can have drastic consequences.
People enter federal service for stability, and Republicans constantly trying to take that away is just another way they try to shrink the government
Yes, and at times like these some military leaders tend to tell troops to "be financially ready" to go unpaid, and "there is no excuse for not paying your bills on time".
Late and missed payments are sometimes reported to members' leadership by the debtors, especially landlords. Normally this isn't such a bad thing, since service members are expected to be on top of their debts at all times--but being punished for this when going unpaid is completely cruel.
It works too.
When I was in we got lined up for muster before elections days and our leadership would talk about how "this never happens with a Republican pres and voting is important".
Completely ignorant that the reason is Dems won't hold our military hostage for funding cuts to social programs.
The reason it almost never happens with a Republican pres, is republicans are the ones that make it happen.
And yeah, the main reason people lose security clearances (military and fed civilians) is financial issues like debts.
"this never happens with a Republican pres and voting is important"
Wow, in my experience they usually try to be more subtle than that.
If they actually said that it's a violation of the Hatch act.
I was in an engine room in the Navy...
Fist fighting was still an acceptable way to solve personal disputes, and higher ups intentionally ignored stuff like the occasional black eye. It's like the last bastion of "old navy"
The culture wasn't a good thing, people got away with a lot of shit because no matter what happened, the ship has to keep moving.
8 members of that same party are working hard to ensure a shutdown. It's funny how the whole party will bend over backwards to appease those 8 trying to tear the whole system down, but you can't find 5 of them to work with the Democrats.
The speaker vote was final confirmation that there are no more moderate conservatives in the house.
There is only one unforgivable sin in the Republican party, and that's working with the Democrats.
I hope the budget gets past Johnson's porn filter.
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It's called "compromise", so they won't actually do it or anything productive.
The only strategy they are working on is how to convince the voters it is the Democrats' fault
Anything but their damn job?
What a freaking load. The cons love to play this stupid game at every opportunity. So tired of this party and all the harm they do.
Punchbowl News: “Ten days from now, the federal government will be on the brink of shutting down.”
“Here’s where things stand: Speaker Mike Johnson, in his second full week leading the House, is heading to the Capitol basement this morning to discuss several options to avert a shutdown come Nov. 17.”
“Meanwhile, across the Capitol, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Senate is setting the stage to jam the House with a massive omnibus-like bill around the holidays. This is exactly what House Republicans have said they want to avoid. Unfortunately for them, the Senate GOP doesn’t really care"
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — The federal government runs out of money in less than two weeks, but House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team have yet to settle on a strategy to avert a shutdown.
But during the private meeting Monday, GOP leaders also discussed an idea, favored by conservatives, that calls for staggered, short-term stopgap funding measures.
The idea, first proposed by Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, has been discussed in the Capitol — and panned on social media — as a “laddered” CR.
The general concept would be to keep the heat on the Senate to pass individual appropriations bills while giving hard-line Republicans in the House, who typically balk at stopgap funding measures, incentives to vote for them.
Johnson, who is enjoying a honeymoon period, has previously floated a short-term bill through January — or April, depending on what his members prefer — and even ultraconservatives said they're willing to give him space to pursue it.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, said her preference is to continue moving full funding bills in “minibuses” — packaging three at a time.
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