Government Shutdown

[Dill]

(09-20-2023, 01:26 PM)GMDino Wrote: TBF, I never said HOW small they are.  

But yes, they need to meet some middle ground somewhere.  I don't see it happening right now though.

McCarthy seems beholden to that group and can't even get votes on budget proposals.

I think a majority of Americans will be able to sort out the blame correctly. 

When pain impends--"both sidesism" gets sorted out pretty quickly.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/20/republicans-villains-government-shutdown-00117191

Though agencies have protocols in place for shutdowns, there’s a critical difference about this one: there’s no discernible off-ramp in sight. House GOP leadership has been unable to pass a short-term funding bill amid conservative opposition. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has refused to engage in bipartisan talks so far, since doing so would put his gavel at risk. And even if he manages to pass something with only GOP support, the Democratic-controlled Senate would certainly reject the end product.

Despite McCarthy and President Joe Biden agreeing to topline spending levels in the debt limit negotiations, a faction of conservatives have refused to back a funding bill without additional deep spending cuts. Progress has been painfully elusive, even as some Republicans believe they’re about to take it on the chin.

“I think the governing majority, which is presiding at the time the government shuts down, probably is going to bear a lot of the blame,” said Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.). “And we’re the ones with the gavel … it’s our job to run the government.”

Inside the Biden administration, aides view a government shutdown as increasingly likely, if not completely inevitable. And preparations are being made to inflict some measure of political pressure and pain on the GOP once it begins.