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(47,479 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2018, 01:59 PM Dec 2018

Will the new Congress be seated if the shutdown continues? (nt)

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Will the new Congress be seated if the shutdown continues? (nt) (Original Post) question everything Dec 2018 OP

Yes, they are a separate branch of the govt, not part of the Federal workforce. n/t FSogol Dec 2018 #1

Thanks. So the "wall budget" that this House passed will be null and void question everything Dec 2018 #2

For a bill to pass, the same version must be approved by both the House and Senate. FSogol Dec 2018 #4

Why not? Gothmog Dec 2018 #3

What about the ones maintaining the building? question everything Dec 2018 #13

THE 66% REQUIRED IS NOT IN THE LEGISLATURE ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #5

Confirmed that House Dems will put a bill on the floor to re-open the government on January 3rd Cha Dec 2018 #6

8 more days, baby, 8 more days! eleny Dec 2018 #7

Cheers to that! Cha Dec 2018 #8

It's going to be quite a New Year's celebration around DU next week eleny Dec 2018 #9

This is important! Cha Dec 2018 #10

Husband and I were just taking about this yesterday eleny Dec 2018 #11

Great! Thanks! question everything Dec 2018 #12

You're Welcome, qe.. here's a reminder.. Cha Dec 2018 #14

FSogol

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1. Yes, they are a separate branch of the govt, not part of the Federal workforce. n/t

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Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:02 PM

Dec 2018

question everything

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2. Thanks. So the "wall budget" that this House passed will be null and void

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:04 PM

Dec 2018

And he can huff and puff until he explodes, hopefully.

FSogol

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4. For a bill to pass, the same version must be approved by both the House and Senate.

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:50 PM

Dec 2018

If the bills vary, the differences must be worked out in a committee.

Then Trumpy has to sign it. If Trumpy doesn't sign, the House and Senate can override by a 2/3 vote. The bill giving Trumpy $5 billion will never pass.

Gothmog

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3. Why not?

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Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:25 PM

Dec 2018

Congress is a separate branch

question everything

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13. What about the ones maintaining the building?

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 11:23 PM

Dec 2018

Aren't they government employees?

Someone has to lock and unlock the doors, turn the furnace on and off...

No?

ROB-ROX

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5. THE 66% REQUIRED IS NOT IN THE LEGISLATURE

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Wed Dec 26, 2018, 03:57 PM

Dec 2018

There are not enough GOP DRONES in the legislature to pass this legislation. The GOP is STUMPED. Old bone spurs has no more grafting ideas to make a bad joke work. I think there are enough GOP members who will go ROUGE and join to "fight" old bone spurs.