Congress has another government shutdown deadline this week

[yallerdawg]

Congress gave itself two weeks before another shutdown deadline and did nothing.

Source: Vox, by Tara Golshan

The federal spending bill, which Congress passed to end the three-day government shutdown two weeks ago, runs out again this Thursday, and Congress hasn’t made any progress toward reaching a permanent funding deal or dealing with the immigration issue — the problems that brought them to a shutdown in the first place.

Congress has to pass a spending bill by midnight Thursday, February 8, or the government will shut down again.

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Meanwhile, DACA negotiations have completely stalled, stuck between the moderate-but-passable proposals that the White House won’t support, and conservative Trump-endorsed proposals that won’t see the light of day in the Senate. At some point, lawmakers will also have to address the debt ceiling, which the Treasury Department says it will hit by early March — earlier than expected, the New York Times reported, because of the debt taken on by the GOP tax bill passed late last year.

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Now only three days before the shutdown deadline, House and Senate leaders are expected to inform their members of a plan to pass yet another short-term government spending bill to keep the government open for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers additional time to strike a more permanent 2018 spending agreement.

If it passes, it will be the fifth short-term spending bill Congress has installed since the start of the fiscal year last September, a trend that has increasingly angered lawmakers who are eager to permanently fund domestic programs and defense spending.

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Read it all at: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/5/16973924/congress-government-shutdown-spending-daca

[Matthew28]

1. The republicans

are sick in the head. How the hell can they keep winning and yet hold the entire nation hostage. Insanity!

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Marketing it's the only thing theyre good at ... labeling and branding

Plus about out 40% of the usa know little but opinion and pride . Ignorant and proud

[guillaumeb]

3. The GOP is incapable of actually governing.

This GOP controlled Administration is literally governing by continual crisis.

[yallerdawg]

4. I'll tell you what.

Checks went out, there are a couple weeks before things get nuts - I bet the R's might have a problem getting another short-term funding resolution through if they don't give Democrats something like CHIP for children.

I know the Democratic base will stand with the Democrats if the R's get frisky, especially given the fact they appear to be driving the economy back into the Bush 2.0 ditch.

Reality is about to slap some instant karma on the Republicans!

[guillaumeb]

6. Never underestimate the ability of low information voters to be deceived.

Again, and again.

[BlueDog22]

5. Shutdown

I'm certain it will shutdown again.