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Copper 03-13-2025 09:25 PM

BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Remember kids, if you're ready to be fed a bunch of lies and then go defend the Democrats, make sure to put on your face paint and head to the circus because you're going to be looking like a total clown! :lol:

Quote:

WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

"While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse," he said during a speech on the Senate floor Thursday. "I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down."

Schumer's announcement significantly increases the chances that enough Democratic senators will side with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, despite widespread frustration with the GOP plan among the conference. However, speaking to reporters after the speech, he would not say whether there were enough Democrats who planned to join him to stop a shutdown.

The threat of a shutdown has loomed as the American economy is teetering toward a recession and as Trump administration has made significant cuts to the federal workforce and frozen spending without Congress' approval.

Schumer's position is also sure to draw blowback from the left wing of the party, which has been pushing lawmakers to show they are willing to fight President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy.

Schumer made the case on the Senate floor that a shutdown would allow the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers to "cherry pick which parts of the government to reopen," giving them even more power over the federal government.

Schumer said he made that case to his fellow Democrats during their meeting earlier that day that Republicans could keep the government shut down "for months and months and months" if funding runs out Friday.

"If we go into a shutdown, and I told my caucus this, there's no offramp," he said. "How you stop a shutdown would be totally determined by the Republican House and Senate, and that is totally determined, because they've shown complete blind obeisance, by Trump."

Earlier this week, Republicans in the House advanced a six-and-a-half month government funding extension that freezes spending at current levels but reallocates it to Trump's priorities, such as border security and defense, and gives the administration more leeway to make spending decisions.

Then the House left town for a 10-day recess, ensuring any changes would bring logistical headaches if enough Democrats don't give their support before the end of the day Friday, when federal agencies would need to begin furloughing staff and winding down to only essential operations.

Republicans control the Senate 53-47, but need Democratic help to get the spending bill across the finish line. Eight Democrats would have to join with their GOP colleagues to overcome the filibuster's 60-vote threshold, as Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has already said he'll vote against it.

Republicans control the Senate 53-47, but need Democratic help to get the spending bill across the finish line. Eight Democrats would have to join with their GOP colleagues to overcome the filibuster's 60-vote threshold, as Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has already said he'll vote against it.

A shutdown would force a majority of federal workers to stop working and temporarily go without pay. Services deemed essential – such as border protection, air traffic control and power grid maintenance as well as payments for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – would continue.

Other services would be interrupted. National parks would close, environmental and food inspections would stop, researchers at the National Institutes of Health would not be able to admit new patients, and Internal Revenue Service tax help may be interrupted, among other effects.

Which party would be blamed for a shutdown is unclear. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday indicated a majority of voters would either blame Trump or congressional Republicans for a shutdown.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chuck-sch...225154457.html

Copper 03-13-2025 09:27 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Democrats are giving away billions of dollars for border security without receiving anything in return. We could have secured a DACA deal with the same funding years ago. But yeah please tell me how their the party for immigrants and dreamers :lol: :lol:

Got_Daca 03-13-2025 10:33 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Dems are MAGA too

leo86 03-13-2025 10:53 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Bruh if the Republicans were Pro-Daca , we would all be swimming with greencards now. Sucks to have them as enemies.

They are total chads and literally getting away with murder. At this rate, they will do the whole Project 2025 playbook in less than 2 yrs.

These Beta Democrats, on the other hand, are complete cucks even when they have majority and winning cards to play. They always manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

DogJuiceMan 03-13-2025 11:23 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Shumer and the democrats don't know which way the wind blows. Enabling Republicans only gets you primaried. They were sooo close but chickened out and blinked a second before victory. Where are the Democrats with courage? It was easy messaging, its a Republican administration they own the shutdown.

hDreamer1988 03-13-2025 11:51 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
I think the Dems currently have nothing to fight for.. They have no popular positions and nothing they want to gain through bargaining. What positions are they championing, what policies are they supporting, and what goal are they trying to achieve? I don't know and they don't know. I guess this is what happens when you are leaderless and no one is stepping up.

beingoflight 03-14-2025 02:12 AM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
good good, which means when the inevitable DACA bill comes up they will cave in for sure

DogJuiceMan 03-15-2025 05:33 PM

Re: BREAKING: Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Will Vote For Republican Funding Bill
 
Can the Democrat party just fracture into R-supporters and D-inos and like 6 or so worthwhile Dems who actually have something to do.


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