Biden worried about government shutdown in 13 days

[Seguinite]

Originally Posted by gus2

*Yawn*

Where have y'all been? This has been status quo for the last several years.

But it'll be intersting to hear them try to blame it on Trump.

[Creekcat]

Oh, the concessions to be made. He can't afford a shutdown in his first term, in the middle of the holiday season, no less. The House ready to go home and forget "work" for a while. Polling numbers plummeting. Lots of people will lose sleep in Washington this week.

[FrankNSense]

Originally Posted by vegasrollingstone

And it should be blamed on the R's, typically they run it up and blame the D's



Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion.
Bush 41 took it to $300 billion.
Clinton got it to zero.
Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion.
Obama halved it to $600 billion.
Trump’s got it back to a trillion.



https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...ibute-deficit/

The Deficit and Debt Ceiling are two different things.

Although it is interesting how you conveniently left off Biden. The amount Biden is going to leave us with will make previous amounts look like chump change...and we are only 10 months into this administration.

[Eyebee Teepee]

Originally Posted by vegasrollingstone

And it should be blamed on the R's, typically they run it up and blame the D's



Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion.
Bush 41 took it to $300 billion.
Clinton got it to zero.
Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion.
Obama halved it to $600 billion.
Trump’s got it back to a trillion.



https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...ibute-deficit/

who passes a budget, that is then signed by the POTUS?

Yes, the POTUS bears their share of the responsibility for signing into law.
Yes, the R's have been complicit in raising spending beyond our means.

[SeaOfGrass]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

Screw the shutdown. That's like getting a pair of plaid socks and a fruitcake for Christmas. I was hoping Santa would give us an early Christmas present and sink the entirety of Washington DC into the Atlantic Ocean.

But it is a shame that Poopy-Pants is worried. I hear that causes constipation in the elderly suffering from dementia.

LOL! It's sad that this came across as so funny to me. A sign of how bad things really are right now...