Posted on Jan 10, 2019
House Dems to vote on 'total nonstarter' bills aimed to end partial shutdown
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This is the real cause of the shutdown - Congress (in this case the Senate) failing to do it's job.
The House has passed bills to the Senate for reopening the government. The Senate SHOULD feel some obligation to at least put them out for a vote - but they won't because they don't think POTUS will sign them. That's not the job of the Senate - to cater to the whims of the POTUS - it's their job to debate and vote on the needs of Americans and government. Until the Senate does it's job and votes on this THEY are really the ones holding the government hostage - not POTUS.
Now, once (if) they do vote and send something to POTUS and if he vetoes it, THEN it will be on him - but until then, this is just the Senate failing to do it's Constitutional duty to be a separate co-equal branch of government.
The House has passed bills to the Senate for reopening the government. The Senate SHOULD feel some obligation to at least put them out for a vote - but they won't because they don't think POTUS will sign them. That's not the job of the Senate - to cater to the whims of the POTUS - it's their job to debate and vote on the needs of Americans and government. Until the Senate does it's job and votes on this THEY are really the ones holding the government hostage - not POTUS.
Now, once (if) they do vote and send something to POTUS and if he vetoes it, THEN it will be on him - but until then, this is just the Senate failing to do it's Constitutional duty to be a separate co-equal branch of government.
House Dems to vote on 'total nonstarter' bills aimed to end partial shutdown
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Expecting politicians to do their job on a broad scale and think of America before their party was your first mistake.
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You had Tom Daschle (Dr. No) and Harry Reid that had a desk full of bills not voted on by the Senate and have the gall to complain about this? As per the Plan of the Day, pure hypocrisy. Seems to me that McConnell learned well from his Democrat predecessors.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
MCPO Roger Collins If I could go back and complain on a non-exist RP at that time I would. It's not hypocrisy if you've always hated it.
But that doesn't change the question - is it something you support and think is within the intent that the Founders had in operating a government?
But that doesn't change the question - is it something you support and think is within the intent that the Founders had in operating a government?
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McConnel is worried that the House bills would pass the Senate, and that he'd be forced to send them to the President.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
PO2 Robert Aitchison True. But, that's the job of the Senate - to send bills to the President that passed the House and Senate. To not do so because he already knows the President doesn't like it is failing to do his job.
SGT Cort Landry And it's the President's job to sign or veto. That's his role in this. If the Senate decides to not send bills up, they've effectively taken away a Presidential power and responsibility.
I just want people to do their job and let the system work like it was designed - rather than trying to rig it to go how they want..
SGT Cort Landry And it's the President's job to sign or veto. That's his role in this. If the Senate decides to not send bills up, they've effectively taken away a Presidential power and responsibility.
I just want people to do their job and let the system work like it was designed - rather than trying to rig it to go how they want..
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PO2 Robert Aitchison
SGT Cort Landry - That's the President's decision, McConell is making sure the President isn't faced with having to decide to sign a bill that doesn't include any money for his wall or veto one that would re-open the government. It's the job of congress to write the laws and the job of the President to sign or veto them, it's not the job of the Senate to save the President from embarrassment.
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