The AP is reporting on information from the Senate. A deal has been reached.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight.
The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — said they would vote to reopen if the Senate passed three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government funding until late January. Senate Majority Leader John Thune endorsed the deal Sunday night and called an immediate vote to begin the process of approving it.
“The time to act is now,” Thune said.
The deal would also include a future vote on the health care subsidies, which would not have a guaranteed outcome, and a reversal of the mass firings of federal workers that have happened since the shutdown began on Oct. 1. The full text of the deal has not yet been released.
[…] Republicans need five Democratic votes to reopen the government. In addition to Shaheen, King and Hassan, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, home to millions of federal workers, also said he would support the agreement.
After Democrats met for over two hours to discuss the proposal, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he could not “in good faith” support it. (read more)
Oops, It’s going to be another Magic Monday.
Must have passed, think I can actually hear 4th generation welfare queens getting fatter
Well you comment made me think of this song. Ha, guess I have Monday fog.
Might have been Trump’s urging to end the filibuster that did it. There’s no end to the misery that could be heaped on the Dems if there were no filibuster. Hoping Trump doubles down on that and they soon end it anyway.
More likely, it was his end run on the affordability and health care issues that the Dems had put center stage as the reasons for the shutdown. Proposing sending money to patients rather than insurance and getting big pharma to cave on drug prices were ingenious.
Then, there was the fact that some Pubs, like Collins, are running for office and faced getting charged with baby starving, and the Dems who could tell which way the wind was blowing.
It also might have been the republicans wanting to keep the filibuster that caused the democrats to realize they would NOT have a year to keep their No Kings Trump is authoritarian Hitler narrative going. Bad enough they convinced many people that republicans were to blame for shutdown.
I think the democrats were trying to use the republicans to get rid of filibuster so that they would someday be the actual authoritarians. They don’t care what republicans pass or how it helps America. This was all about their own power at the expense of America.
I wonder how much the rinos caved to the dems. They always do. The only ones that will benefit are the dems and illegals.
And the DEMONcrat Bank accounts will be refilled overflowing with $$$$$$$$
RINOS (aka Republicans) were put on the spot by President Trump. They did *not* want to end the filibuster. If they ended it now then they would have no excuse not to ram through all of President Trump’s wonderful MAGA agenda.
RINOS much prefer to conceal their disdain for MAGA behind that filibuster rule, a convenient barrier to MAGA that they themselves could have easily removed. Democraps merely stepped up to take the heat off their colleagues in order to keep the UNiparty’s filibuster rule intact.
Alas, this is so very very true; I do not see a productive end to the BS. WE the PEOPLE get screwed daily by Congress. President Trump cannot do the Herculean task by himself and RINO traitors continue to undermine his AF agenda. They do NOTHING to legislate his EOs into law; thus, the next administration simply cancels his EO. And do not get me started on federal judges and Dem Lawfare!
They know President Trump is limited to 4 years. They can stay as long as they have a pulse.
So far off from what the founders intended for the Senate.
Supposedly, nothing.
Now the liberal loons are furious at the reopening of the government AND ballistic that they got nothing from the Republicans.
If true, a very good day.
They proposed 3 annual spending bills? What is that all about?
I have read that those are 3 of the 12 annual bills that make up the annual discretionary spending budget appropriations. They 3 are Agriculture-FDA, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-VA.
Thanks
…which is trying to get back to regular order, which is 12 bills in total ,which is what they used to do and then they argued over all spending instead of an ever growing single package every year. Might mean they will actually have to work……
Thune should have given the Michael Corleone response (from Godfather II):
““Senator? You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing. “
From Thune’s mouth, we’re lucky it wasn’t “everything”.
Only a movie, but instructive.
On the various ways organized crime controls people, with “make ’em an offer they can’t refuse” which may range from bribery to extortion to threats of harm or death including family.
In the real situations where organized crime controls a society, the people are too terrified to mimic the mob. This is the likely situation in DC, controlled by the nexus right across the Potomac in northern VA.
The view over the Capitol Dome toward the Washington Monument in this image has the azimuth of the Eye correct, northwest. There is no Mount Doom, everything else is pretty much correct.
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Yes, our Sundance uses that image quite frequently. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could see a bright shining star there instead? But, I’m just a dreamer. 🙂
Do mean get rid of the masons eye over DC?
Fat chance.
Across the river on King street in Alexandria, in case anyone wants to visit.
Not sure if still true but at one time it was the tallest structure in the area.
The Eye of Sauron in the CTH image is correctly positioned:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/e1wJaSXBrcCHcEYy7
Although some consider this too a Limited Hangout:
The real thing is FAR more powerful, with eyes and ears attached to every individual (smartphones) with time-stamped position tracking, fused with many other surveillance feeds and processed with AI audio DSP and image processing vs. biometrics.
The Department of Ironic Naming was on the ball when they named that building the Bush Center for Intelligence. It should be a giant pit.
I was refering to :
Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, a prominent Masonic lodge with historical ties to George Washington, is located at 101 Callahan Dr, Alexandria, situated on Shuter’s Hill just west of King Street. 14 miles from the Bush Center.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/George+Washington+Masonic+National+Mem
MICE:
What about Power?
‘Politicians are not born; they are excreted.’
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Damn! The more things change, the more they stay the same!
Well since thune, like all the GOP is a eunuch that was not gonna happen.
“a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed … angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight”
I don’t doubt there were a number who were angered in public, but also much relieved in private. This shutdown belonged to Schumer and in the end could not hold his caucus together. He now has to be much weakened as Minority Leader. Good.
I bet AOC partied big time last night. Paves her way to that “Schumer seat” in the Senate. I suspect Schumer will retire before she gets the chance to face him in the Dem primary. Lets him “save face” and “secure his legacy”. He’d hate to have his career ended by a commie bartender.
And also cash in his campaign war chest he might have had to empty to run.
Yes; hahahahaha. He was truly in a ‘damned if he did and damned if he didn’t’ position. Good riddance. Sandy Cortez can dream she gets the seat, and even if she does, she’ll still be the shrill juvenile she presents today. The one thing about Shmucky is that because he’s been around since the beginning of time, he really knows the machine and all the tricks. But time seems to have run out for the old fraudster.
Kaine is not a “moderate”!!
Are any of them? including many rinos.
I also find Dickie D in there as well, but he’s retiring if I remember. Senator J. Kennedy has said all along that the dems would allow enough votes to open in back room deals , but they knew Chuck was going to give them a tounge lashing. Me thinks maybe the possibility of riding military planes to get home for Thanksgiving was a timely nudge, Thanks Mr. Duffy , well played.
I’ve met him. He’s not too bright either.
IIRC, He is a hilldawg sidekick. SPIT!
Isn’t his son a terrorist?
So, the fired federal workers will get their jobs back. What about Schumer’s pet project costing billions that Trump killed. Will that come back? Dollar to a doughnut, it will.
Let’s wait to see what actually happens.
I don’t know how many employees were actually fired. If any were, I an sure that there is a district judge that would have required the government to hire them back, so it is probably not a huge loss to the Republicans to agree to this one.
I do think this was an excellent opportunity for these agency heads to realize how many employees can be let go and still have optimal agency function. They can now revise their org charts and let people go through job consolidation or elimination, and they will have the necessary data to support said firings when the expected lawsuit is filed.
Coffee 5c, coffee 10c, coffee 25c, coffee 50c, coffee $1.00, coffee $5.00, coffee $5.00, coffee $25.00, coffee $50.00, coffee $500.00, coffee $2,000.00, coffee $10,000.00, coffee coffee $1,000,000.00, coffee $100,000,000.00, coffee $250,000,000,0000,0000.00. All Americans are equal again dead broke.
Welcome to the Federal Reserve, world reserve status, and a government with reckless spending. It’s a feature, not a bug.
if Thune gives money to hire back workers, Trump can EO others right out.
I can see Thune and Pubs giving in. If that is the case I sure hope what you suggest can happen. I live in the Dem DC area so I know those Gov workers regardless of job or no job are not on our side.
Entitlement personified.
Many of them do nothing productive for us but work for NGOs to hurt us. Many do nothing. I would love to see DOGE ask again what are the 5 things you accomplished last week .
JMO … but those air traffic controllers who refused to work and did not put citizens safety first as their concern….I would deny them back pay.
Nothing but ending the filibuster will ever live beyond Trump’s–and America’s-last fighting chance to avoid a socialist police state. It will otherwise end with Democrats back in power, as their first order of business. You would think a full court press by every means possible from the administration, including exposure of RINOs opposing it.
the firings were the best part.
We need to eliminate hundreds of thousands of those government jobs. And eliminate every NGO.
Exactly…..why would the government even have NGO’s. Taxpayers do not approve of their tax dollars going for this.
Since when does Congress decide who the Executive fires (and hires) from the Executive Branch?
And a judge in tiny Rhode Island orders money stolen from school lunches to pay SNAP?
Since anyone can do anything, why didn’t a district judge from South Dakota order the Senate to reopen the government?
This government has become completely dysfunctional.
I said it last week and I’ll say it again. The government is not only completely dysfunctional, it is broken as well. The “Grand Experiment” that our forefathers worked so hard to create no longer exists and “representation” of “The People” is non-existent.
As stated many times, our “government” has evolved into a true Kabuki Theater” following a script of fantasy, hope and greed. Yet, we are good stewards and watch attentively, diligently keeping grasp upon flickers of hope that continue to tease, leading us to believe that with all the good tidings we feel within – it will change. But it won’t. I believe it was Albert E. that stated “insanity is repeating the same thing over & over again expecting a different result.”
It doesn’t take a genius to see that our gubmit isn’t here anymore to protect us, but rather it now functions in such a way as to hold the populace calmly at bay while it rapes and plunders with a smile upon its face.
While we, as a Nation, continue to pretend that we’ll “fix it” all with the next (most likely rigged) election – the “Real Deal,” (i.e. Marxist/Communists) are sweeping the sidewalks with our Constitutional Republic.
The Tree of Liberty needs watering.
You are right …how can the Senate cut a deal with Dems to hire back those that PT fired? They can’t unless he approved.
I don’t like them taking back the firings, or voting on “subsidies”. As I see it that was already voted on when we elected the President.
Thus, reaffirming my comment, above.
This shutdown worked so well for the dens this time that they will surely like another one next year before the midterms.
They need to stick something in the law or the budget process that funding continues with a 1% cut each quarter in the event future budgets aren’t passed timely.
This dysfunction can’t keep going on.
And automatic headcount reductions from congressional staffers. Let their own employees get after them.
Eliminate continuing resolutions and omnibus spending bills.
I think both came into existence in the mid 70’s when Congress enacted legislation defining the current budget process.
Make Congress pass individual appropriations bills. The party that controls Congress (especially the House) front loads their agenda on the schedule. Democrats want that infrastructure bill passed, they better not hold up the legislation in front of it.
I feel sick & angry over this. GOP must pass the Trump agenda with elan!! END the filibuster and DO IT!
“The full text of the deal has not yet been released”
Translation – “American taxpayers get screwed…..AGAIN”
the House passed a bill and sent it to the Senate. And now the Senate has passed something else, not the House bill. According to the lies we were told in civics class, it has to go back to the House. Do these rules still apply?
‘…this begins the long and drawn-out process of Majority Leader John Thune presenting the original House-passed continuing resolution for a vote, which will then have the minibus and updated CR attached. There will then be two more votes before the package goes back to the House. If they pass it, it will head to President Trump’s desk. ‘
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shutdown-breakthrough-dems-ready-deal-thune-hopeful-thanksgiving-travel-looms
But the important thing is to keep everyone preoccupied and stirred up while screwing things up. The particulars hardly matter. (Rules and lies) In fact, the tinfoil hatters might suspect a few final subplots to the ruse – maybe ATC failure(s) as over-stressed controllers suddenly get too much dumped on them before they and system have come back up to nominal.
Corrupt politicians Dems party’s,
Well, now the Republicans have to go outright and straight to deny the ACA subsidies and cannot hide behind Democrats.
So they will be solely to blame for the deaths when they vote no. If they vote yes, then Democrats won by having ACA extensions. An open government also means the potential release of the Epstein files, which could potentially destroy the presidency, as Mike Johnson now has no reason not to swear in Grijalva.
So it was either no food and no healthcare or no healthcare and food. It’s hard to fight on an empty stomach. This is not the checkmate that Republicans think it is.
Honestly, I think they are going to keep it closed as they do not want those files released.
The Epstein files?? We all know already who were on the island and who rode on the plane.
If there is an IC connection then we will never know that Epstein was employed to get politions and powerful to diddle children for blackmail material. (at this point I personally doubt that. He seemed to have long term happy relationships something blackmailers never have).
The Epstein files are a media push to try to dirty Trump up with something that isnt there. The Dems will avoid any meaningful release of any kind it would destroy the Clinton legacy for one.
Always remeber they acuse you of what they are doing.
So disappointed…can’t believe we’re no better off than when this started. DC is totally corrupt.
Don’t care much for the return of fired federal deep staters. They are forever now in the democratic socialist camp.
On your way to work today just remember that millions of people that hate everything that you love are depending upon you to fill their grocery carts with pop tarts and Ding Dongs.
INCLUDING illegals
And illegals get their healthcare FREE off your back as well.
The NEW America.
ALL Americans work and give FREE to all illegals.
🧐 Sundance retweet
The ignorance is profound …
https://xcancel.com/AprilSpark1890/status/1987656537880354938#m
NO more “Ding Dongs” –thanks to RFK Jr! (not sure about Pop Tarts though)
😊😊
At least this is better than enriching the healtchare insurance companies more who overwhelmingly donated to the Dems in 2024 . WSJ: That GOP proposal involves sending federal money into flexible-spending accounts instead of to insurance companies that use the money to offset the cost of premiums, so consumers pay a smaller monthly bill. The money could be used to cover deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs, which Republicans see as a way to give consumers more choice and control healthcare inflation.
So the insurance lobby lost this round. Boo hoo.
Not yet.
And the show continues.
Okay. A vote on bringing back those who were furloughed/released? Hey, if they’re not essential, why are they there except for getting the votes for those members of Congress who recommended them for the job? The military, DHS, TSA, Food Inspectors, etc ok. I wonder if part of the shutdown is to reduce severely the number of IRS audits for those who are the major supporters of the AntiFA, BLM, DEI, Anti-ICE crowds. EVERY one of those groups/individuals should have intensive audits and EVERY violation should be prosecuted with maximum fines and even prison time. Everyone running for office should have an intensive FEC audit and receive max penalties for illegal contributions, up to and including lengthy prison sentences.
It is utterly repugnant to see groups claim to be “generic” when they have thousands of similarly printed signs. That is NOT generic–it is rigged!
Republicans should stand firm on requirements for citizenship checks for EVERY registered voter–even those of us who were registered in the 50s, 60s, and 70s! There should also be verifications that voter addresses and utilities for those addresses match names. I don’t know many American Citizens whose last names are Seven Eleven, WalMart or Target! Periodic verification should be made for these addresses to ensure that a person doesn’t register there and it turns out to be a shelter for bodyless names! American citizens who are overseas, OTHER THAN MILITARY & FAMILIES, should be checked for taxes paid to the IRS and verification of residence in that precinct. If these people moved overseas permanently then they have NO BUSINESS casting a ballot in any American election! A short vacay “home” doesn’t count as a non-permanent move! Voter ID MUST be included in all future federal elections. Democrats want the people to think that African-Americans are too dumb to know how to get a government issued photo ID. If this is the case, then these people are NOT receiving ANY GOVERNMENT BENEFITS. Zip. Zero. Zilch. NADA!! In most states, you cannot even enter a federal building (unless you are the prisoner) without a photo ID! Voter rolls should be routinely checked and purged. Nursing homes would not be valid addresses for voting either!!
The goal is to continue the overspending, as part of the mechanisms dragging the US down.
Trump is fully on board with his BBB.
Why then would you want to fire federal employees?
To politically cull them? Why, when the goal is to continue dragging the US down, including by political strife and subversion?
Back out of the trees to see the forest.
I can’t wait to see the final cost to both the government and the private sector of this theater. Included in the tally will be a likely loss to 4th quarter economic growth. Add to that the loss in productivity when the government pays workers full salary and benefits to sit at home. Financial losses to the private sector during the shutdown are also substantial.
And THAT’S their WHY! Clever gals them Dems…just sayin’
Bah. Just sayin’.
A reversal to the federal workers that were fired? Does that mean they are all coming back….so firing them was useless? We did not need to concede on anything….they were starting to break.
But the Repubs in the Congress….the weak and inept, spineless creatures they are just can’t help themselves….they could’ve grown a set and ended the filibuster……..
Sorry……..they are too weak and whimpified to grow a set….their wives must be proud!
Trump has fired over 250,000…this applies to the roughly 4,000 that were laid off/fired due to the shutdown…not the others.
Think you are correct. 4,000 “positions” eliminated due to lapse of funding. When positions are eliminated it starts a chain of “musical chairs” to see who actually loses a job.
Analyzing the agreement:
What would be the annual savings to taxpayers by not rehiring the 650,000 federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown?
Grok 3 AI:
[calculations]
$106.07 billion.
The agreement will reverse the Trump administration’s firings of furloughed workers and ensure they receive back pay.
Are the Republicans against all ACA subsidies or just the enhanced ones?
Grok 3 AI:
While many Republicans have historically criticized the ACA as a whole and sought its repeal (e.g., during the 2017 attempt under President Trump), they have not pursued eliminating these baseline subsidies in recent years, particularly amid the ongoing government shutdown and budget negotiations as of November 2025. Instead, the party’s opposition has centered on the enhanced subsidies, which are temporary and set to expire at the end of 2025.
So, no, they’re only fighting to prevent the extension of the enhanced subsidies.
How much per year do the enhanced ACA subsidies cost the US taxpayer?
Grok 3 AI:
Enhanced vs. basic subsidies: Without enhancements, subsidies would revert to original ACA levels in 2026 (capping eligibility at 400% of the federal poverty level and requiring higher income-based contributions). This would reduce federal spending by an estimated $31 billion in 2026 alone, per CBO, but increase uninsured rates by 2.2–3.8 million people annually through 2034.
So, not passing the enhanced subsidies extension will save $31 billion per year.
What does Trump want to do about the ACA subsidies?
Grok 3 AI:
Direct Payments to Individuals: In a Truth Social post on November 8, 2025, Trump urged Senate Republicans to send “hundreds of billions of dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies” directly to Americans. He claimed this would allow people to “purchase their own, much better, healthcare, and have money left over,” criticizing Obamacare as “the worst Healthcare anywhere in the world.”
So, Trump’s post is a blatant red herring. You can see that he’s not even referring to JUST the ENHANCED benefits which is the main thing the shutdown was about.
So, there you go. All that most of our easily propagandized, attention deficit political idiocracy [ex., only 1.6% fewer voters voted for the clown show commie duo than voted for Trump in 2024] is that the Reps were trying to take away benefits and the shutdown with all of its negative effects was their fault while the Dims were holding out for the little guy.
AS ALWAYS, the Dim base will vote for Dims no matter what. In exchange for MAYBE saving $31 billion per year, the Reps will receive the blame.
However, through the processes described in Peter Schweizer’s book, “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets” you can bet the Reps extorted the hell out of the deep pocket insurance companies among others.
Plus, as an added bonus for the eReps who dislike or, rather, whose owners dislike Trump’s MAGA agenda [which is most of the “Republican” party] they make a blue wave in the mid-terms more likely which will mean, as I’ve previously detailed, more obstruction of Trump due to the budgetary control of the House and, most likely, another time and effort wasting impeachment of Trump.
So now we have the same fight in January.
But it’s an election year.
So I expect to see an omnibus spending bill (porkulus redeux) that will include extension of the ObamaCare subsidies.
I give Durbin credit and the other Dems for crossing over to end this mess
He’s doing it for himself, his reelection, pressure from (Democrfat) constituents. They all are. Nothing is for America.
He’s not running again.
Durbin and Shaheen are retiring. The rest are not up for re-election in 2026. From Bretibart article:
Cortez-Masto, Fetterman, and Hassan will not have to run again until 2028, with Kaine, Rosen, and King not up again until 2030. Shaheen and Durbin are retiring.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), the most endangered Democrat incumbent, voted no.
So enough Democrats were released to vote in favor and allow Ossoff to change his vote. End the shutdown before holiday travel and festivities are totally messed up. Also, a couple of regular members here have pointed out Dec 1st is the day the RIFs can begin.
This clearly demonstrates two things to me: (1) Term limits. And: (2) Reverse the 19th Amendment.
We now have Senators who have been in office almost as long as I have been alive, and I’m not a spring chicken anymore. And, they do not represent their States. In the original concept of the Constitution, Senators were appointed by State Legislatures and were answerable to them. Presumably they can also recall them.
Also: the Constitution contemplated a “simple majority” in most cases, except where it clearly specified otherwise. The “filibuster” (60 votes) was a procedural device. While the Constitution does say that each house shall create its own rules, these should not override “simple majority” where the Constitution prescribes it.
Also 6 years is way too long a term. How about 3 years and 2 terms?
Edit: “17th”
<“Presumably they can also recall them.”
You presume wrongly.
<“The “filibuster” (60 votes) was a procedural device.
Correct. The right to debate has often been viewed as a fundamental part of any deliberative body. Roberts Rules, widely used in the US as a parliamentary authority, requires a 2/3rds vote to end debate. The only time “majority” is specified is “a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business”. But I guess it could be inferred that a majority of those present and voting was the expected norm.
Once again Republicans are poised to snatch Defeat from the jaws of Victory!
They simply cannot concede that Trump is right; and they simply WON’T follow is lead. Congress is full of losers.
The “cave” could have been much worse.
About the only item I don’t like is the “rehiring” thing. But that’s not much, and can be reversed.
Passing tne 3 appropriation bills that fund the food stamps and military removes leverage from Schumer..
Promising a vote on the subsidies gives up nothing as long as the GOP holds firm on what they already passed in the BBB.
Frankly…the GOP showed more spine here than in decades. Not a lot….but more 😎
No. The appropriation bill agreed to is for Military Construction and VA. That does not include military pay. Military Construction is always in a separate appropriation due to the white-hot interest of construction companies in congressional districts.
You are correct.
But military pay resumes because the CR is also part of the deal until January.
Markets up big; Asia and Europe.
Gold Futures up 2.50%, $4110.20.
Not necessarily … according to Jazzy Crockett, “black people do not pay taxes”.
Not hopeful until the ink dries.
After better understanding the details, I suggest that you curb your optimism. The senate cannot be trusted. If they could be trusted, they would eliminate the filibuster as President Trump instructed. We are still “in deep kimchee.”
Based on past experience…sold out again. 30/70 I’m wrong. Two words: back pay.
Back pay is always a sore spot in the federal workforce. When shutdowns like this are imminent, there are employees actually hoping that management declare them “non-essential” in order to get paid time off without having to use their accumulated vacation or sick days. Many employees who had to work during the shutdown resent it. I’ve seen it.
Dems can’t continue to blame R’s when it takes their own to change course and more so, change course in a manner that some in the party are complaining on X. It’s why they are at 16% approval- at worst it’s 11% and at best it’s 21% with a +/- %5 error.
That’s bad, no matter how you frame it. Yet, the radicals in the party continue marching forward because of wins like Mandummy in NYC.
As soon as I saw Miss Lindsay asking to end the shutdown I knew it was over. The Uniparty wanted it to end so that Trump spotlighting the filibuster would go away. The last thing the Uniparty wants is voter ID, one day voting and paper ballots. None of them would ever get elected if we went that route, Miss Lindsay included.
Remember Mitch McConnell had a 20% approval rating before his last election and won his seat with about 60% of the vote.
Bingo! The filibuster is the mechanism for preserving the corrupt cash flow. The Senate does not want anything to change. They only want to ensure that the cash continues to flow.
your cheating heart
will get you elected
pay the price
and be protected.
The GOP is giving up leverage by not nuking the filibuster. Dems are guaranteed to do it when they control the House, Senate and the Presidency. They are blowing it. The time is Now.
They do not want to nuke the filibuster. The filibuster is the mechanism for ensuring that everything stays the same.
Leave it to the ap to call Kaine (Va) a moderate. What a friggin’ joke. He caves to the nova suburbs and their feds.
As far as this vote on HC Credits , instead of doing the right thing, which is fix the healthcare system before taking away people’s credits Republicans will do the opposite. Republicans always try and go too far in a direction that denies the working poor help.
Examples President Trump wanted to have no taxes on overtime, Social Security, and tips but instead Republicans couldn’t help but to limit that with caps and an end date. But no such stipulations on giving the rich their SALT back. This is why for decades Dems got away with labeling Republicans the party of the rich.
Any spending bill needs to be precluded by legislaion to include all members of the federal government (employees plus elected and non-elected appointed, consulting and the such individuals), including especially the Legislative Branch (Congress) but excluding the military and state national guards, subject to having their paychecks withheld during a federal government shutdown.
Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh, Monday mornin’ (Ooh), you gave me no warnin’ of what was to be
Oh, Monday, Monday, how could you vote and not subsidize me?
Every other day (Every other day), every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes (But whenever Monday comes), but whenever Monday comes
You can find Smucky cryin’ all of the time
It’s ironic that the left wants more money for insurance companies…an 18% premium increase over last year even though $35 billion in ACA subsidized policies didn’t make a single claim in 2024…likely because the policy holder couldn’t meet their annual deductible. Health insurance isn’t healthcare.
It was always going to be this way.
Of course, the traitor Paul voted against it. Why does he hate America?
Wake up, Kentucky!
Capitulation Theater.
Schemer now has an off-ramp to retire and count his millions while avoiding an embarrassing primary defeat to Cortez, who will claim the NY senate seat until she appears on a socialist presidential ticket (either prez or VP) in 2032.
Bye Bye Chuckie!
Thank Scott Bessent. The shutdown ended less than 24 hours after Secretary Bessent handed Stefanopolous his jock strap on Sunday morning. 3 minutes of brutal takedown.
The PDJT Comms team needs to put Bessent’s takedown video as a how to. Perfect in every way. Delivery, tone, content.
Next I want to see it on the Jumbotron at the Midterm rallies!
MAGA CAN WIN the comms game.
I don’t know who I can’t stand more dems Are traitors .the rinos are spineless, get rid filibuster. And give are country back to us!
Put on war paint, shut down and disrupt lives for 40 days, and in the end all you got is the equivalent of a $.50 off coupon for a small bag of macaroni.
Well thought out Chuck.
Trump lesson #1 : Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.