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originally posted by: wdkirk
Why is the debt ceiling a bi-partisan politic?
originally posted by: TheValeyard
a reply to: IndieA
However, the simple fact is: it's not gonna change any more than the 30,000 school shootings per minute
or the cops beating black people.
originally posted by: DAVID64
The same 'ol thing will happen.
They will debate and collude in back door deals right up till the deadline, then they pass a budget that screws the taxpayer and steers money toward their pet projects.
Happens every time, but MSM milks it for headlines.
50% of government could shut down and nobody would notice.
The House passed a stopgap bill on Tuesday to keep the government open, putting Congress on a path to avert a shutdown and setting the stage for a broader funding fight in the new year.
The Senate will next need to approve the measure. President Joe Biden is prepared to sign the bill if it is passed by the Senate, a White House official told CNN. Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17.
The bill would extend funding until January 19 for priorities including military construction, veterans’ affairs, transportation, housing and the Energy Department. The rest of the government – anything not covered by the first step – would be funded until February 2. The proposal does not include additional aid for Israel or Ukraine.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: AngryCymraeg
He will not be removed.
The Senate on Wednesday passed a stopgap bill to keep the government open, averting a shutdown for now while setting up a contentious fight over funding in the new year.
The bill was approved by the House on Tuesday and will now be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 87 to 11.
Lawmakers are still under pressure to try to negotiate and pass full-year spending bills in just over two months as the stopgap bill creates two new shutdown deadlines in January and February, an unusual two-step approach to funding the government.
originally posted by: 38181
a reply to: IndieA
I thought it wasn’t until January 19th? Haven't heard much about the sky is falling lately, maybe because of the holidays or it actually will happen this time.
“if you start spending a million dollars every single day since Jesus was born, you still wouldn’t have spent a trillion dollars”.
I don’t think any of us can actually grasp the concept of being in debt 33 trillion dollars and counting.