09-21-2023, 07:44 PM
(09-21-2023, 06:53 PM)pally Wrote: Spending bills come from the House. It is their job to initiate the bills. The Senate cannot initiate a spending bill... that is against the law. Therefore it is ultimately the job of the House to pass spending bills to fund the government that can also pass the Senate. It usually takes lots of negotiations to get to that point. As there have only been 4 true government shutdowns in the 234-year history of the USA working under the Constitution, opposite party-led House and Senates have managed to successfully work together for many many years to pass the funding bills.
This current Republican led House can't even get their act together enough to pass ANYTHING let alone appropriations that will pass the Senate. Kevin McCarthy can't lead his caucus out of a paper bag. This shutdown will be 100% on the heads of the House Republicans and everyone who possesses critical thinking skills knows it. They are too busy in fighting, chasing political ghosts, and sucking up to Trump to actually do their jobs
So, Dino was wrong, it was not semantics. Also, you didn't read the link I posted. Doubling down on being wrong is an interesting strategy. You sincerely owe Dino an apology for sticking up for you.
