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We haven't had a regular budget passed since Obama negotiated one with Republican leadership in Congress at the end of 2015. The Rs spent all of last year temporary budgets. They cannot perform basic governance.
Neither can the Democrats.
wiki: Between fiscal year 1977 and fiscal year 2015, Congress only passed all twelve regular appropriations bills on time in four years - fiscal years 1977, 1989, 1995, and 1997.
Budgets can be used by election opponents to point out your failure to stick to a budget. They are not popular with incumbents in either party. But you go on thinking it is one party or the other with exclusive rights to that chicanery. Whatever eases the cognitive dissonance.
None of which had anything to do with keeping the government open.
If it's any consolation, y'all get to keep the egg on Schumer's face.
No one but government employees who got a day off with pay was much affected by the shutdown. It was a non event. And outside DC and NY, people, other than political junkies, don't even know who this "shoomer" is.
Democrats returned to the bargaining table with heads bowed. They got what they could have had before the shutdown. As a Democratic Congressman said "we got our butts beat" sums it up very nicely. Trump wins again!
Nobody won anything Einstein.
This is a three week temporary passage to reopen government.
Democrats got CHIP funded for 6 years.
No DACA.
No wall from what I've seen so far.
If government closes again in three weeks it'll probably be House republicans taking the blow. If they work out wall and DACA everyone saves face, though I doubt that'll happen.
Expect government shutdown again in three weeks. At which point, it won't reopen without DACA.
15% of Americans are Lib/Socialists/Communists &/or Democrats & want the "Dreamers to have a pathway" no matter what (it's their relatives or their future voting bloc).
15% of Americans are Libertarians/Trump Supporters &/or working class or middle class people who are Anti Any Illegal Alien becoming a Citizen (unless they went thru the proper channels).
That leaves 70% in the middle (most whom are NOT on this board, & most of whom work for a living and don't dwell on political issues 24/7).
1. Ask them "Do you believe in a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers"? & 90% say yes.
2. Ask them "Do you believe in a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers" if your Taxes go up (since over 40% of all Dreamers or their illegal Parents are on some type of Welfare & it's costing hard working Americans over 150 Billion Dollars per year & it will continue to cost us 150 Billion Dollars per year until the number of Dreamers go down.) Suddenly it's Under 50/50.
3. Ask them "Do you believe in a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers" if you Taxes go up (since over 40% of all Dreamers or their illegal Parents are on some type of Welfare & it's costing hard working Americans over 150 Billion Dollars per year & it will continue to cost us 150 Billion Dollars per year until the number of Dreamers go down.)
Oh....& Mr. Working Class or Middle Class or Upper Middle Class American Citizen man or woman.....that College Slot (&/or College Grant) that would have gone to your kid, you don't get anymore. It goes to the Dreamer/Illegal Alien (or her kid) instead.
Also, once the Dreamers are citizens, they can bring Relatives (via Chain Migration) which can double that 150 Billion Dollars per year number. & The Dreamers are less likely to graduate HS, or earn a Degree....& are more likely to commit a crime and more likely to belong to a Gang.
Also, as our Economy becomes more automated (& robotic), & it will..... their Jobs will be the first ones eliminated (So that 300 Billion Dollars per year becomes 600 Billion Dollars per year).
& When you retire, you'll get $1000 less per month in Social Security, because we need to pay for the Dreamer's Parents Social Security - Hey....they paid in for 2 years.....it's only fair.
Oops.....now we are down to 90% against Dreamers and 10% for.
Democratic lawmakers will do anything they can to make Trump look bad.
They don't need much help, and Trump is more then willing to oblige.
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Schumer and the Dems from Friday night until today?
