Package passed Senate late Friday night by vote of 74-24, narrowly averting shutdown and banning Gaza aid through March 2025
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2tn budget bill to keep the US government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and to avert a partial shutdown, according to a statement released by the White House.
“The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the government open, invests in the American people, and strengthens our economy and national security,” Biden said in the statement.
The bill was passed in the Senate after midnight in a vote that fell 74-24. It came after funding had expired for government agencies, but the White House sent out a notice shortly after the deadline announcing the Office of Management and Budget had ceased shutdown preparations because there was a high degree of confidence that Congress would pass the legislation and the president would sign it on Saturday.
Back in my day, the government wasn’t in a constant state of nearly shutting down. Thanks Republicans.
I mean, it’s been happening for 30+ years…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_resolution#List_of_continuing_resolutions_for_the_U.S._federal_budget
The system is flawed but we just keep not fixing it.
Our reprenatastion varies a shit ton for a country that was supposed to be all about representation even though the founders all owned other humans as slaves.
And the wealthiest don’t have to spend much to buy one of those politicians who represent a small amount of people with an oversized amount of power. And the people with that oversized power are always going to vote to keep it.
Sure, but name one single time where a shutdown was pushed by Democrats.
Why would Republicans stop when it works?
trump shut it down to build a border wall, and the next Dem president now also wants a wall. Either because he’s only saying it to try and get votes from Republicans, or he always wanted it but thought it would cost him votes. The only thing that changes is the Overton window’s march to the right…
The thing is, republicans keep being able to do it, because they keep getting elected.
They keep getting elected, because when we do vote them out, Democrats still don’t fix the system. Which depresses turnout. And with depressed turnout comes republicans in office.
It’s a very obvious cycle, and it’s pretty easy to break out of it:
Elect Dems willing to take action when they have the numbers.
We can’t do that without replacing some incumbents.
The issue is that every time the budget comes through, politicians want to use it as a method to get what they want, more so thsb previously. Some far right Republicans were totally fine with having a shutdown. My understanding is that ppl previously, they all agreed a shut down was bad but couldn’t figure out how to resolve the issue. Now, some Republicans think it would be great to have a shut down and to intentionally use that threat as a means to get what they want.
But we still don’t fix the system when we control the House, Senate, and presidency…
Believe me, I’m all about complaining about the inheirtant flaws of our system. Ignoring shit never works.
But we’ve had the political numbers to fix shit a couple times, and our only options to vote for besides Republicans just don’t fix it.
That tells me we need a higher standard than “not a Republican”.
I 100% know it won’t be quick or easy, but that’s the absolute worst reason to put something off. If it’s going to be hard and take a long time, we need to get fucking started.
I agree with all that you’re saying but it seems the steps are where we disagree but my steps are: we need to make the current Democrats the new conservative party. This is what I feel is the most realistic way to move forward. Regardless, I still support pushing for a system that supports multiple parties that would ultimately get more progressive legislation pushed, the way to that point is ultimately to keep ensuring Republicans don’t win.