The Democratic US Seantor’s just could NOT take it anymore….
They will vote for something that gives them NO assurances that Trump will abide by their plan….
They will put off holding the line on the Obamacare subsidies…..
But SNAP Food Benefits paymewnts would resume and there would no firings of Federal Employee’s due to the shutdown….
These Senators ARE going to get grief from their party….
Their House and Senate party leaders do NOT support their move..
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But the deal split the party. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) came out against it.
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR,” Schumer said on the Senate floor, referring to the bill, known as a continuing resolution.
Most rank-and-file Democrats also opposed the deal.
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) told reporters as she left a closed-door meeting of Senate Democrats that lasted more than two hours Sunday evening. “The American people want us to stand and fight for health care, and that’s what I believe we should do.”
The bipartisan compromise combines three full-year funding measures into one package with a stopgap funding bill that would reopen the government through Jan. 30.
But the deal would not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, which Democrats have warned will cause health insurance premiums to skyrocket next year for millions of Americans….
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The promise to vote on ACA subsidies at a later date is unlikely to be enough for most House Democrats, who have demanded that Republicans agree to extend the subsidies before they agree to reopen the government. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has not committed to holding a vote on a bill to extend the subsidies, which many Republicans would prefer to see expire….
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The agreement also aims to reverse more than 4,000 federal layoffs the Trump administration attempted to implement earlier in the shutdown. It also includes language that would prevent future layoffs through Jan. 30 in a federal workforce reeling from tens of thousands of layoffs earlier this year. Lawmakers would also appropriate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, through the end of September 2026….
Note…
Trump and Republicans HAVE used the Shutdown to pressure Democrats to vote on their terms…
That has NOT worked up until now…
And Americans , when asked?
Blame Trump for the situation….
Democrats=Losers…even when they are winning they seem to shoot themselves in the foot…whatever think I will stay home next election just because they got no spine…
Breakdown (insofar as any pattern makes sense):
Northern New England
Angus King (Ind-Me)
Jeanne Shaheen & Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
Nevada
Jackie Rosen & Catherine Cortez-Masto (D)
Middle States
John Fetterman (Pa)
Tim Kaine (Va)
Illinois
Dick Durbin (D)
More Than Eight Senators Support Ending Shutdown
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) told CNBC the eight senators who folded on the government shutdown were taking heat for others: “There were a lot more than eight that were really happy that the eight of us voted… the way we did.”
(Democratic Political Cover Fire)
Johnson Will Swear In Adelita Grijalva
Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) before the House votes on a government funding package, Punchbowl News reports.
Grijalva’s installation in the House does not change the voting math for the funding bill. But she said she will sign the discharge petition to release the Epstein files. Grijalva’s signature will force a vote in the House.
None of us is a profound constitutional scholar, but maybe Jack can expound on my impression that Rep. Grijalva could be (like, for example, President Coolidge) sworn in by anyone like a judge who can swear people into the federal civil service, the armed forces or the judiciary.
The Constitution, as I recall, does tell the Chief Justice (Article III) to swear in the President-elect (Article II) — but I don’t see how the Speaker really has any more power to swear in (or decline to swear in) a duly-elected Representative in Congress.
If ur around Jack?
Does the Speaker HAVE TO do the swearing in?
Or someone else?
I have no special knowledge of this.
Checking google though, it appears that there is a House rule” rule” that the Speaker does the swearing in ; however another member or a Judge may do so but only with the approval of of the House.
Got a question?
Just type into google it into google.
This is how Microsoft CoPilot (set on “think deeper”) has responded so far. This is probably moot since the Speaker says that he will swear in Cong. Grijalva.
Searching for historical examples of oath administration
The question is whether anyone besides the Speaker can swear in a new member of the U.S. House before they are seated. According to 2 U.S.C. §25, the Speaker typically administers the oath to Members and Delegates. However, there have been historical instances where others, like judges or notaries, have administered the oath, though whether this counts for seating is debated. I’ll search for specific examples, such as when a Representative was sworn in by someone other than the Speaker. Let’s see what I find!
My understanding is that it has to be done on the floor in an official House session. The Speaker or someone acting as Speaker can do it.
There was an incident a few years ago when a bunch of Republican Members were late getting back to the House floor on Opening Day and tried to take the Oath with the rest while watching on C-Span. Democrats complained that such a thing was not legal and the group of them had to sheepishly be sworn in on the floor after the fact.
In any event, Grijalva will be sworn in right away now once the House gavels in.
Thanks Guys….
It IS the Speaker by routine
But absent that?
There ARE several others that CAN swear the person in?
After some more Deep Thought: this is what CoPilot gleaned (or copied) from four other sources:
Short answer: By statute and House practice the Speaker is the officer who administers the constitutional oath to Representatives before they take their seats; others may give ceremonial oaths, but the House itself (through its rules and officers) controls whether and when a member is formally sworn and seated.
Legal rule
The governing statute and House rules assign the formal swearing-in role to the Speaker. 2 U.S.C. §25 and the House’s practice manuals state that at the opening of a Congress the Speaker is sworn by a Member and the Speaker in turn administers the oath to Members who are present and to those who later appear, “previous to their taking their seats”.
Practical practice and recordkeeping
The Clerk and House offices maintain the official oath records and forms, and the House’s internal procedures make clear that a Member who has not taken the oath is not entitled to perform Member functions (for example, to vote) until the oath requirement is satisfied.
Ceremonial oaths and local swearing-in events
Outside the chamber, federal judges, state officials, notaries, or other dignitaries frequently administer public or ceremonial oaths to Representatives‑elect in their home districts. Those events are common and publicized, but they are typically ceremonial; the House still determines the formal swearing and the Member’s entitlement to be seated and to exercise the powers of the office.
What this means in practice
• Formal authority: Only the House (practically exercised by the Speaker under statute and House practice) performs the formal swearing that precedes seating and voting.
• Ceremony vs. formality: Ceremonial oaths by judges or others are real oaths of office in a colloquial sense, but they do not by themselves change the House’s control over seating or voting rights.
• Disputed cases: If the House contests a Member’s right to be sworn (e.g., contested elections or qualifications), the House may delay seating or require the Member to be sworn only after the House resolves the issue.
Bottom line: If you mean who can legally administer the constitutional oath that the House recognizes for seating purposes, the Speaker (and the House acting through its rules) is the controlling authority; others can and do administer public or ceremonial oaths, but those do not substitute for the House’s formal swearing and seating process.