What does the US Senate do?…..

Democrats in the Senate will probably have to eat a shit sandwich and NOT shut things down….

They ARE getting their asses whipped and they can only hope that voters will remember these days come next November….

And they can watch Republican’s get beatdowns in Town hall meeting’s for their leader Trump/Musk’s actions…

 

Senate Democrats are considering their next move after the House narrowly passed a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, with a fast-approaching Friday deadline to avert a possible government shutdown.

House Republicans approved the six-month funding measure with the support of just one Democrat on Tuesday. The bill, known as a continuing resolution, increases defense spending and funding for veterans’ health care, while decreasing non-defense spending below 2024 levels. It also includes more funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

With the House passage, the measure now heads to the Senate, where Republicans, with a 53-seat majority, need support from Democrats to reach a 60-vote threshold to propel the measure to passage.

Funding the government is usually a bipartisan effort. But Democrats widely oppose the measure, warning that it would give the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency even more latitude to carry out cost-slashing efforts, while expressing frustration with the spending reductions.

But Democrats aren’t generally inclined to let the government shut down, either. And the House opted to cancel votes Wednesday and leave town, likely preventing the Senate from making any changes to the continuing resolution before Friday’s deadline….

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….Democrats have limited leverage in the funding fight. And Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed opposition to the short-term continuing resolution Tuesday, saying it continues to “punt the problem down the road.”

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“I think this bill is bad, I think a government shutdown is bad,” Warnock said.

Senate Democrats are expected to meet Wednesday to discuss the path forward. Leaving a caucus meeting ahead of the House vote Tuesday, senators were tight-lipped about how they planned to proceed. And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wouldn’t weigh in on his caucus’ stance, saying members would “wait and see what the House does first.” …

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