He keeps coming up with crazy assed idea’s on legislation that appeals to the Right Wing Nuts , but have NO chance of going anywhere…..
Things really haven’t changed since McCarthy…..
Will this keep going on until after next year’s elections?
“Speaker Mike Johnson floated a fresh idea for heading off a shutdown after the Nov. 17 deadline — one that would seemingly create a series of rolling funding threats and could draw opposition from across the political spectrum,” Politico reports.
“While it’s not totally clear how that would work, Johnson seemed to be referring to different lengths of funding for each of the 12 individual appropriations bills, triggering ongoing shutdown threats for different parts of government. A continuing resolution typically extends current funding levels for all appropriations bills until one later date, buying time for lawmakers to haggle over an updated government funding deal.”
“Needless to say, Democrats and the White House would never go for it. And a number of Republicans, particularly appropriators charged with overseeing those funding bills, would likely think it’s a bad idea.”
Said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) to Roll Call: “I think the speaker doesn’t have a clue. That’s 12 shutdowns. What are we talking about