There are two things going on here….
There is Government Shutdown coming in hours about politics….
And?
There IS a RightWingNuts effort to just get rid of House Speaker McCarthy….
Again?
In the END?
How ever Long?
The end of this WILL mean Most Democrats and some Republicans come together in the House AGAINST the wants of the House Republican WingNuts….
Resulting in a political uppercut to the Republican Party people by voters….
Some things are probably ALREADY slowing down…
And Federal employee’s ARE having to worry about their future’s….
The Senate is working toward passage of a bipartisan measure that would fund the government until Nov. 17 as longer-term negotiations continue, while also providing $6 billion for Ukraine and $6 billion for U.S. disaster relief.
The House, meanwhile, took up four of the dozen annual spending bills that fund federal agencies. Republicans were heartened as they passed three bills that would fund the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and State Department, though the fourth bill to fund federal agriculture programs failed.
In one sign of deepening resistance to assisting Ukraine, more than half the House Republicans voted against providing Ukraine $300 million in military aid, though the money was approved on a bipartisan 311-117 vote.
The House’s movement on the appropriations legislation won’t keep the government from shutting down, but leadership hoped the progress would cajole enough Republicans to support a House-crafted continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government and boosts security at the U.S. border with Mexico…..
McCathy’s futile effort at trying to come out ok going into the Government shutdown….
The House on Friday hurtled toward a pivotal vote to keep the government open past Saturday, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged ahead with a long-shot bid to pass a temporary spending bill that lacked support even from his own party.
The effort was all but certain to fail given the opposition of several hard-right Republicans who have said they will not back a stopgap spending bill under any circumstances. But Mr. McCarthy, bracing for political blowback for a government closure, scheduled it anyway in hopes of showing he was trying to avoid the crisis.
In fact, the measure under consideration, which would keep government funding flowing at vastly reduced levels and impose stringent immigration restrictions demanded by conservatives, would not prevent a shutdown even if it could pass the House, because it was considered dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Mr. McCarthy cleared a key hurdle at midday Friday, when the House voted, along party lines, to bring the stopgap measure to the floor. That cleared the way for a debate and vote on the stopgap spending plan by early afternoon.
Here’s what else to know:
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Mr. McCarthy’s allies have defended his strategy as a way to show the public that he tried to keep the government open, but was foiled by a handful of his far-right members. A defeat on the House floor would be a devastating blow for Mr. McCarthy, whose job is on the line and who has been unable to corral his tiny majority to agree on a measure to head off a meltdown. “We’ll see when the vote comes,” he said on Friday morning, conceding the outcome was uncertain.
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The plan offered by House Republicans would keep the government open for 30 days and impose drastic cuts across the board to government programs, except for funding for veterans, homeland security and disaster response. It does not include any military or humanitarian aid for Ukraine, and it would direct the homeland security secretary to resume “all activities related to the construction of the border wall” at the southern border that were in place under former President Donald J. Trump.
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Even if the House stopgap measure passed, it is considered dead on arrival in the Senate, and Mr. Biden would veto it, his Office of Management and Budget said in a statement….
Note….
A former Federal offical reminded that recovery from Federal government shut downs take years to complete and cost employee’s TONS of personal problems….
Republicans Have No Plan to Prevent a Shutdown
Punchbowl News: “Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who lost a floor vote today on a stopgap funding bill, said just 36 hours before the government shuts down that Republicans have four options to resolve the crisis.”
“They can pass a Republican-penned funding bill. They can “dare Democrats” to vote against a clean CR with disaster relief – buying time to pass more spending bills. They can pass a Senate-approved CR, which will likely include Ukraine aid, disaster relief and potentially some border-security funding – if and when that’s passed (See below.) Or they could shut the government down.”
“It seems quite clear to us that Republicans are going to shut the government down. So Option 4.”
House GOP tanks its own funding bill, edging closer to shutdown
A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown.
The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as a shutdown this weekend appears increasingly inevitable.
More than 20 Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the legislation, bringing the final tally to 232-198….
More…
Republicans voting “Nay”.
This is confusing to me, as Chip Roy of Texas, a classic die-hard, voted for the bill, while Nancy Mace of South Carolina — about the last member I’d classify with the Freedom Caucus diehards — voted “Nay”
Biggs Republican Arizona NAY
Bishop (NC) Republican North Carolina NAY
Boebert Republican Colorado NAY
Buck Republican Colorado NAY
Burchett Republican Tennessee NAY
Burlison Republican Missouri NAY
Cloud Republican Texas NAY
Crane Republican Arizona NAY
Gaetz Republican Florida NAY
Gosar Republican Arizona NAY
Greene (GA) Republican Georgia NAY
Hunt Republican Texas NAY
Mace Republican South Carolina NAY
Miller (IL) Republican Illinois NAY
Mills Republican Florida NAY
Mooney Republican West Virginia NAY
Moore (AL) Republican Alabama NAY
Nehls Republican Texas NAY
Ogles Republican Tennessee NAY
Rosendale Republican Montana NAY
Self Republican Texas NAY
The handwriting is on the wall…….
Shutdown……..
Wingnuts hold Tight!
McCarthy ends up cutting a deal with Democrats and the gets voted out for a worse Speaker to completely Fuck things up!
DSD don’t fall into the trap of thinkingNancy Mace is some kind of “moderate.”
Just yesterday in a selfie walking video that was rightly described as “bizarre,” she accused Biden WITH NO EVIDENCE of being involved if “prostitution rings.”
Mace is a chameleon that changes according to whom she is trying to get over with at any given point in time.
Mace is a truly odd character, and I long ago gave up the notion she could be one of the GOP’s more constructive voices. About the kindest thing I’d say for her is that if I went back to Charleston and bumped into her, she seems like the type who would get quite flirty with me.
And CG called her “above the fray” in 2020/21. BS!
Rep. Nancy Mace
@RepNancyMace
Are Democrats willing to shut down the govt bc of not enough Ukraine funding? Sounds like it.
I feel like, as an American, we should put our troops first, our border first, our country first over another nation…
In 1950 and 1952, the Republicans (who won the House and then the White House) campaigned on the [stupid] slogan “Who lost China?” (i.e. Truman and Dean Acheson).
With Nancy Mace and the Freedom Caucus (with part of the Progressive Caucus), I hope we don’t have to ask, “Who lost the Ukraine?
Well?
The ‘moderate’s’ ARE SCARED and WILL vote with Democrats if it comes to that…..
That I’d bet on….
It’s REALLY the ONLY solution in the end