No matter how much Democrats and Republicans diss each other in the media?
They will HAVE TO get together on a vote to keep the US Government paying the bills and to keep employee’s being paid…
(Trump screwed with this and the party probably won’t do it again)
This time Democrats might have a problem….
To bring Senator Manchin along?
The made a ‘deal’ with him….
That ‘deal’ is causing problems for some Democrats and even Republicans on a final vote…
The deadline is the en d of the month, but it can be extended…
This is gonna be interesting…
Republicans and some Democrats in both chambers are lining up against Manchin’s permitting reform legislation, putting the stopgap funding in jeopardy and increasing the possibility of a government shutdown.
Lawmakers have just four legislative days to work through the logjam and fund the government or else Washington will shut down — a situation that would have significant economic and political implications across the country. The Senate returns to Washington on Tuesday after taking off Monday for Rosh Hashanah.
On the House side, members are looking to take up a highly anticipated ban on lawmaker stock trading, capping off months of behind-the-scenes deliberations.
Congress scrambles to fund the government
Schumer told reporters late last week that he was confidentManchin’s permitting reform proposal would remain in the stopgap bill — which would keep the government funded at last fiscal year’s levels until after the midterms — but it is far from clear that the measure will have enough votes to make its way over the finish line….