Today is a good day to spot unserious people.
Yesterday, demanding that #Democrats filibuster the #Republican #ContinuingResolution could be motivated by one of two opposite reasons: 1) pressure the party to unite behind a single tactic; 2) amplify division over the tactics.
Now that the filibuster didn't happen, ripping into Democrats who refused to do it can only be motivated by reason #2. These are not serious people.
Serious people are moving on to the next opportunity to unite us.
My current boilerplate:
So #ChuckSchumer has -- what's the word I need to choose carefully here? -- capitulated
I knew he would
The #DemocraticParty is old and preparing their Golden Parachutes to gently glide down into the Golden Years of their retirements
They've all got what they want
America can go suck eggs
Then: I've called #PattyMurray and #MariaCantwell repeatedly and got nothing but voicemail after long waits
Last time *I* replied to one of Patty Murray's fund raising emails it was immediately bounced back to *me* with a "User Unknown" error
This, me replying *to* Murray's email list, from an email address I've had since 1998
The Democrats don't want to hear from Americans
The Democrats have checked out and left us all on our own
My current boilerplate:
So #ChuckSchumer has -- what's the word I need to choose carefully here? -- capitulated
I knew he would
The #DemocraticParty is old and preparing their Golden Parachutes to gently glide down into the Golden Years of their retirements
They've all got what they want
America can go suck eggs
Then: I've called #PattyMurray and #MariaCantwell repeatedly and got nothing but voicemail after long waits
Last time *I* replied to one of Patty Murray's fund raising emails it was immediately bounced back to *me* with a "User Unknown" error
This, me replying *to* Murray's email list, from an email address I've had since 1998
The Democrats don't want to hear from Americans
The Democrats have checked out and left us all on our own
So #ChuckSchumer has -- what's the word I need to choose carefully here? -- capitulated
I knew he would
The #DemocraticParty is old and preparing their Golden Parachutes to gently glide down into the Golden Years of their retirements
They've all got what they want
America can go suck eggs
Then: I've called #PattyMurray and #MariaCantwell repeatedly and got nothing but voicemail after long waits
Last time *I* replied to one of Patty Murray's fund raising emails it was immediately bounced back to *me* with a "User Unknown" error
This, me replying *to* Murray's email list, from an email address I've had since 1998
The Democrats don't want to hear from Americans
The Democrats have checked out and left us all on our own
Is the Government Shutting Down? What is a Continuing Resolution? What is Cloture?
Adam Schiff answers these questions in this video:
Encourage your Senators to vote no on Cloture and the CR.
@rbreich I made my calls this morning.
“…the #Defense Dept begins the 14th fiscal yr…w/o an appropriated budget. The dire consequences of yet another yr beginning w/a #ContinuingResolution funding the #Pentagon were communicated to #Congress by #DefSec #LloydAustin this month. This is just the most recent demonstration of the yawning gap between the political rhetoric in Washington about sustaining American military strength & the stark realities on the ground.”
-Robert M.Gates DefSec 2006–11
#NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/24/robert-gates-peril-china-russia-pentagon-congress-defense/
As for the #ContinuingResolution, #Blumenthal said no #Senate #Democrats indicated they were going to vote against it over its lack of funding for #Ukraine. He expects a vote on the #House-passed CR w/in the next few hours.
(Hours? what happened to 6:30?)
#House passes short-term funding bill w/ hours until #GovernmentShutdown
Just hours before a potential govt #shutdown, #Republicans & #Democrats reached a deal in the House that includes a 45-day #ContinuingResolution w/ #DisasterRelief funds, an extension of a federal #FloodInsurance prgm & #FAA reauthorization — but no #Ukraine #aid.
Unclear where things stand in the #Senate, where a procedural vote on the chamber’s #stopgap measure had yet to be called.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/30/government-shutdown-updates/
