Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rejected the government funding resolution House Democrats introduced Monday, leaving the U.S. government on the verge of a shutdown.The current government funding package only lasts another nine days, so on Monday, Democrats released a draft resolution
If they know they can force the Dems to squirm and give away more pork without lifting a finger, lest they be blamed for shutting down the government before a vote for a supreme court justice and a mail-in election, why not? I'll eat my own balls if Pelosi lets the budget lapse. Further, doesn't this just draw them back to the table to up the ante on other extraneous demands?
If it's not that, maybe they're just controlling the clock for some imminent tidal wave.
If they know they can force the Dems to squirm and give away more pork without lifting a finger, lest they be blamed for shutting down the government before a vote for a supreme court justice and a mail-in election, why not? I'll eat my own balls if Pelosi lets the budget lapse. Further, doesn't this just draw them back to the table to up the ante on other extraneous demands?
If it's not that, maybe they're just controlling the clock for some imminent tidal wave.
Fuck this 5d shit