Its official, another government shutdown.

[herding cats]

At least a short term one, that is.

Link to tweet

A government shutdown will begin at midnight. The Senate has recessed until 12:01 a.m. without passing a spending bill.

BREAKING NEWS: A government shutdown will begin at midnight. The Senate has recessed until 12:01 a.m. without passing a spending bill.

The Senate planned to vote early Friday morning on a spending bill that would pour billions of dollars into the military and domestic programs while keeping the government operating.

The fate of the bill was uncertain in the House, where conservatives balked at adding billions to the nation’s debt and liberals demanded action on protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

The House leadership had advised lawmakers to “prepare for late night or early morning votes.”

White House Office of Management and Budget spokesman John Czwartacki said late Thursday that “agencies are now being urged to review and prepare for a lapse” in spending after midnight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/powerpost/house-leaders-scramble-to-win-support-for-budget-deal-ahead-of-midnight-deadline/2018/02/08/4812e996-0cd9-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?__twitter_impression=true

[BootinUp]

1. Fuck the pukes. nt

[LenaBaby61]

30. I have friends who won't EVER ...

Recover from Canadian Cruz's shutdown from 2013. Their 401k retirement funds took a BEATING.

[democratisphere]

2. Incompetence. Complete, Total and Utter Incompetence.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Rand Paul did it. A single Senator has the power to block the vote, and he did.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is preventing a two-year budget deal from passing, as the White House advised federal agencies to prepare for the government to start shutting down at midnight.
Congressional negotiators were scrambling earlier Thursday to lock in enough votes in the House, and that was before Paul, a Republican, made public his dissatisfaction with the deal, which would raise government spending, avert a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/budget-vote-congress-shutdown/index.html

[democratisphere]

8. All of these issues should have been worked out and buttoned up long ago.

There is no reason for everything to always be done at the last or past the last second with all of the drama and BS! Rand Paul had no problem with the tax REDISTRIBUTION of wealth to the wealthiest that will rack up more than $1.5 trillon in additional debt. Rand Paul loves the limelight and the camera.

[LuckyCharms]

10. +1 n/t

[herding cats]

9. He can only stall for 31 hours after midnight I believe.

They have to wait until 1AM to vote now, and then another 30 hours for debate before passage if they have the votes. This is all on McConnell for waiting until the last minute and giving Paul a chance to exploit an arcane Senate rule.

[global1]

16. What About The House?...

Don't they need to vote on it as well?

[herding cats]

17. They do.

They’re a bit of a wildcard in this, but there’s speculation they may be able to get the votes.

I’m not convinced they have them yet, but time will tell.

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. ty for that info.

This yo yo style of Gov. is quite ridiculous.

[Cha]

22. I hope those who are furloughed and

losing money know this.. and remember it when the elections come up again.

[Matthew28]

3. Turning America into a third world shit hole

is the goal of the republican party!
-Cut educational funding
-Cut science
-Cut the safetynet for anyone that isn't rich
-destroy the Middle class

Drive this country into the ground.

SICK

[klook]

31. And rip apart wilderness

for profit and the illusion of security.

Republican policies are toxic.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. is this the new normal?

I sure hope not. We need to remind those in Congress that we are both the BOSS and Customer of this Government. They work for us.

[jalan48]

5. One of the conditions that led to Hitler's ascendance was the inability of the German

Parliament to get anything accomplished. The public was ready for a strongman that could make things happen.

[ProudLib72]

6. Woo hoo! So much winning it'll make your head spin!

Crash the stock market twice in one week. Shut down the government twice in a month.

Who is a big boy? Who deserves a military parade?

[Me.]

11. Hypocrite

voted for the tax bill

[herding cats]

12. Hes just grandstanding for his followers.

This is pure political theater, nothing more.

Oh, and I completely agree! He’s a hypocrite who voted for the tax bill which gives away hundreds of billions to corporations at the expense of the average citizens.

Fuck Rand Paul.

[Matthew28]

13. That is his goal

Give it all to the rich and use shit like this to cut everything that helps everyone else.

Sick mindset

[herding cats]

14. Yep.

That’s been the basic Republican model of government my entire life. I’ve heard tell of a time before such was true, but personally I’m skeptical. I suspect they were just less obvious about it due to their electorate being less partisan than they are currently.

[sprinkleeninow]

18. I feel it came to pass in a stealthy manner.

They've been at it for decades, but now it's 'IN YOUR FACES!'

No bones made about their scheme today.
No apologies.
No compunction or remorse.
No hesitation.

💙🇺🇸💪🗽

[herding cats]

19. And, no accountability from their voters.

They appear to be able to get away with all of this now and retain their base followers no matter what. It defies all logic.

[sprinkleeninow]

20. Defying reason and sanity. I have never in all my born days.

[Cha]

23. Flaming Hypocrite who Insults the Intelligence

of the American People.

[Me.]

32. So True

Yet he thinks he should lecture the rest of us. Can you imagine if PBO put a bill like this forth? It'll take another Dem president to sort this out which is the trap they set for Dems.

[dweller]

15. yesss...

I'm sleeping in a little later in the morning

not a govt employee, just resting a bit knowing the tangeranus is neutered temporarily...

✌🏼️

[haele]

21. I'm almost thinking this is a GOP ploy

To cut the Government pay period down to a 9-day/72 hour work-week. First the last pay period, now this pay period. Is someone thinking this would be a savings to the Government?

They'll probably have something ready to sign Monday morning.

Haele

[Cha]

24. Mahalo for this herding.. K&R for

OP and thread!

[struggle4progress]

25. Rand Paul objection forces shutdown

by LEIGH ANN CALDWELL

WASHINGTON — Congress failed to pass a government funding bill before a midnight deadline, shutting down non-essential government services for at least the remainder of the night until the House can vote whether to approve a compromise bill passed by the Senate early Friday.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m. ET, the Senate voted, 71-28, to approve a two-year spending bill that would reopen the government if passed by the House, which was expected to take it up after 4 a.m. ET.

The Senate vote came only after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., used a procedural tactic to block the Senate from meeting its deadline while he spoke for hours about his objections to new government spending. The stunt forced government agencies to begin shutting down for the second time this year ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-readies-vote-budget-deal-hoping-avoid-shutdown-n845961

[struggle4progress]

26. Senate approves budget deal, too late to avert shutdown

David Morgan, Amanda Becker, Richard Cowan

... The Senate’s approval of the budget and stopgap funding package meant it will go next to the House of Representatives, where lawmakers were divided along party lines and passage was uncertain.

House Republican leaders on Thursday had offered assurances that the package would be approved, but so did Senate leaders and the critical midnight deadline, when current government funding authority expired, was still missed.

The reason for that was a nine-hour, on-again, off-again Senate floor speech by Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul, who objected to deficit spending in the bill.

The unexpected turn of events dragged the Senate proceedings into the wee hours and underscored the persistent inability of Congress and Trump to deal efficiently with Washington’s most basic fiscal obligations of keeping the government open ...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown/senate-approves-budget-deal-too-late-to-avert-shutdown-idUSKBN1FS232

[struggle4progress]

27. Senate votes to reopen the government, sending budget deal to the House

By Phil Mattingly and Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 2:15 AM ET, Fri February 9, 2018

... In the early hours of Friday morning, the Senate approved a two-year budget deal that would re-open the federal government, sending the plan to the House of Representatives -- where it faces a tougher vote.

The vote was 71-28 ...

Though the massive budget deal and government funding package still was expected to pass by Friday morning, congressional negotiators were scrambling all day Thursday to lock in enough votes in the House. And that was before Paul, a Republican, made public his dissatisfaction with the deal -- which would raise government spending, avert a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.

Paul took to the Senate floor many times Thursday refusing to agree to move up the time for a vote in the chamber on the bill, which requires unanimous consent from all 100 senators. In doing so, Paul forced the vote procedurally to occur after 1 a.m. ET on Friday, after government funding expired ...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/budget-vote-congress-shutdown/index.html

[Kablooie]

28. And they are still the best government leaders that money can buy.

Maybe if we buy them with Rubles we'd get our money's worth.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Tired of winning yet?

Government doesn't work. Elect us and we'll prove it. - The GOP