Congressional Democrats have reached a deal to end the longest government shutdown in history, according to a new report. Multiple sources granted anonymity told Axios that at least 10 Democrats plan to vote on the deal, which includes supporting a procedural motion to approve a series of short-term...
Yeah yeah, I know. Trading their votes for the promise of a vote in the future is kinda dumb. But then, there is this nugget buried here:
That might just be worth it, because it would be Congress passing something that puts direct constraints on what the President can do, and daring him to veto it.
Edited to add: don’t sleep on the 3 spending bills that are being negotiated too. This effort looks like a continuing resolution that extends most agencies through the end of the year, but those 3 bills constitute full appropriations for agriculture, military construction and legislative agencies. And it looks like Democrats may have won back some funding for programs that the House budget gutted. This is all from the NYT, if I happen to find a non-paywall link I’ll add it
That was already the law.
Great, then the executive will refuse to spend the money and we get nothing. Noting here is good.
That is if Trump doesn’t bother vetoing anything that is a compromise with the Dems right off the bat.
I wonder if the bill still has the nation-wide shadow abortion ban in it. I bet it does …