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- WillPostForFood 11mo agoThe "gangster" wants the government open, republicans in Congress have all voted ~10 times to reopen. How can you not blame the only people voting to keep it closed?
- prh8 11mo agoRepublicans want it open with the conditions, conditions that are unacceptable for the health of society
- cdelsolar 11mo agothey're taking away people's healthcare
- mayneack 11mo agoThe republicans have a clear majority in all three houses. They can reopen if they want to.
- Erem 11mo agoDid any of these 10 votes meaningfully address concerns of the objecting representatives?
- GiorgioG 11mo agoCongress is still supposed to do its job.
- drooby 11mo agoBy impeaching and removing him, yes
- georgemcbay 11mo agoHalf of Congress clearly believes its job is to do whatever the gangster says.
- dfxm12 11mo agoHouse Republicans have been refusing to show up for work for over a month, while still collecting a paycheck. They expect air traffic controllers, et al. to work for free.
- trelane 11mo ago[flagged]
- tekno45 11mo agoisnt that the minority leader?
- SilverElfin 11mo ago[flagged]
- CamperBob2 11mo agoThe Republicans hold sway over all three branches of government. They can reopen the government anytime they wish. Why do you suppose they're not doing that?
- trelane 11mo agoIt requires 60 votes, and the Republicans don't have enough of a majority, even if they were to all vote with the party. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5588295-spending-bill-government-shutdown-vote/ https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5588295-spending-bill-go...
- herufang 11mo agoIt does not require 60 votes. 60 votes is just a convention that republicans are choosing to abide by. The republicans could pass a funding bill tomorrow with a simple 50 vote majority, but they are choosing not to because it makes it easier to blame democrats (which you are falling for hook, line, sinker).
- Trasmatta 11mo agoNo, they cannot pass it with a 50 vote majority unless they end the filibuster. Ending the filibuster does not currently have support in the Republican congress, because of the intense political risks associated with that.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoIs it called a hijacking if the majority of passengers support the hijackers?
- op00to 11mo agoThe majority of American citizens do not support the policies of the current administration.
- khazhoux 11mo agoYou must be thinking of the ones that didn't vote? Yeah, they don't count. (voting is how you get counted)
- esseph 11mo agoEven the ones that did vote. They don't seem to support the tariffs, Venezuela/Columbia expeditions, ICE behavior, etc.
- SilverElfin 11mo agoThe current administration won the vote. And in fact the continuing resolutions that would fund the government have majority support in both houses of Congress, by the representatives of American citizens. But it needs 60 votes in Senate not just 50 votes. Right now most Democrat senators (all but 3) are voting against even a clean funding resolution that makes no changes to the pre shutdown status quo.
- runako 11mo ago> needs 60 votes This is a gentle fiction. The GOP has the 51 votes to change this rule by lunchtime tomorrow and proceed to govern according to the mandate they claim. They may choose not to do that, as is their prerogative. But they do not "need" 60 votes according to the Constitution, which is free online to read. One can even search for a 60-vote cloture requirement in the document and its amendments, which are in fact the real governing documents that describe how Congress is required to operate.