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The continuing resolution ends on December 11th, will trump sign a new one or shut the government down?
MissB
(15,805 posts)It can pass without tRumps siggy, right? After a number of days it passes?
Maybe I need to watch school house rock again.
bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)But the Veto is the #1 problem. Even if the House and Senate come to an agreement which they usually do at some point, but then the Orange Ogre Vetos. We are shutting the economy down (Covid) and possibly the government.
bullimiami
(13,086 posts)sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)If Drumpf doesn't sign, they'll get enough votes together, to override the veto.
johnnie
(23,616 posts)Thanks.
RockRaven
(14,959 posts)we'll break everything on purpose and damn the consequences" style of governance, even if it is the truth.
So McConnell will want to avoid a shutdown. But they ALSO don't want to openly repudiate Trump before the runoffs, in fear of MAGAts staying home.
So they will desperately try to get Trump to sign whatever Pelosi and McTurtle come up with. BUT Trump is a petulant baby man and very very sore loser. So he's going to be angry and defiant.
I think there could be a shutdown, because Trump will be pissed off and wanting to burn everything down around him and the GrOPers will be more afraid of MAGAts staying home in the GA runoffs than they will be afraid of indies being angry about the shutdown (and therefore both Hpuse and Senate Repukes won't want to help override the veto).
The obvious GrOPer play is to pass something with a supermajority in the first place and hope Trump doesn't veto because they have shown that the writing is on the wall. But it puts them by in a hell of a bind if he does then veto it.