The GOP wants to shutdown the federal government.
It is true that Congress failed to pass a 2026 appropriation bill. The GOP controlled House passed an extension spending bill, but it did not pass in the Senate. It failed in the Senate because it did not have the 60 votes needed to close debate (i.e. cloture) and the Democrats were not willing to provide those votes without changes such as rolling back the GOP’s increase in health insurance premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients or blocking Trump’s unconstitutional efforts to not spend money Congress has already appropriated.
Requiring 60 votes to close debate is a Senate rule that can be changed by a simple majority vote in the Senate. There is nothing in the constitution that requires it. The GOP majority in the Senate could change the rule to close debate with a majority and pass their appropriations extension.
They choose not to. It allows GOP office holders to blame anyone, except themselves. The corporate media parrot their lies.
The GOP wants the federal government shutdown.
I am not talking about the changes in the bill. It is awful, of course, and would continue to let Trump use ICE to illegally round up people in apartment buildings, whether citizens, or immigrants documented or not. Trump could still force national guard members to illegally act like police in cities in other states. Trump has already laid off 12% of federal all workers and the bill would continue to let him illegally hold back billions of dollars Congress appropriated. Billions that should be given to clean energy projects, state transportation projects, VA benefits and needed medical research.
The GOP wants the federal government shutdown.
They want millions of federal workers to suffer from being furloughed unable to provide needed government services. They want us to face uncertainty and loss because those services are not available or require us to waste even more of our time to access them.
Since Trump was inaugurated the GOP has sought a federal government shutdown. Through the DOGEbros, they started their government shutdown as they held back funding and pushed illegal layoffs. The cost has been high to the rest of us. The economy and hiring has flatlined. Prices increased.
They don’t care.
The GOP wants the federal government shutdown and they will use any tool they have to make it happen.
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