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Dmitry Borodaenko<p>Today is a good day to spot unserious people.</p><p>Yesterday, demanding that <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> filibuster the <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Serious people are moving on to the next opportunity to unite us.</p>
PeachMcD<p>Remember this name:</p><p>Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) the only House Democrat to support the <a href="https://union.place/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> <br>💩🤡💩🤡💩🤡💩🤡💩🤡💩</p>
PeachMcD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@verdantsquare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>verdantsquare</span></a></span> </p><p>I have already called my senators to beg them <a href="https://union.place/tags/VoteNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteNo</span></a> on the <a href="https://union.place/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a></p>
PeachMcD<p>It may be futile af but I did it anyway <br>I called my senators' DC offices &amp; left msgs BEGGING them NOT to support the <a href="https://union.place/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a></p><p>I'm a <a href="https://union.place/tags/Senior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senior</span></a> citizen who's paying down a <a href="https://union.place/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> out of my <a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p><p>I know a <a href="https://union.place/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a> will hurt a lot of people, including me. But this <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> junta cannot continue to illegally dismantle agencies &amp; programs we've fought for decades to build.</p><p>Please make the call, even if it feels futile</p>
aztecladyU.S. Politics, budget, urgent call to action
Angela G<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USBudget</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a></p><p>This message should go to your Senators regarding the budget <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a>. You will need to copy and paste it into the forms on their websites. </p><p>The House passed a stop-gap bill Tuesday to fund the government through September and the Senate must vote on it. The House has gone into recess to force the Senate to accept the bill with no changes. </p><p>Dear Senator --</p><p>For months Republicans have talked about how they were going to fund their legislative priorities, but here we are again, facing another Continuing Resolution.</p><p>In your negotiations in the Senate, constantly remind everyone that the Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 gives the power of the purse to Congress, not the President. The President has no legitimate authority for meddling in the appropriations process. </p><p>The Continuing Resolution must include language forbidding the Executive Branch and DOGE from usurping budgetary power from Congress. </p><p>Stand firm in your efforts.</p>
Lisa Gets Politik<p>There’s not a business owner on the planet that would dismantle the accounts receivable department when money is still owed to them.</p><p>Yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are doing. The continuing resolution to keep the government running is drafted in such a way that it sneakily cuts the last $20 billion in long-term IRS enforcement funding earmarked for auditing ultra-wealthy tax cheats. </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/governmentshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentshutdown</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/continuingresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>continuingresolution</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/spendingbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spendingbill</span></a></p>
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic<p>Reprehensible: The real reason Co-President Musk scuttled the first version of the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> Bill</p><p>“In the end, Congress passed a bill much like the one Musk scuttled, but one of the provisions that Congress stripped out of the old bill was extraordinarily important to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>.</p><p>As David Dayen explained in The Prospect, the original agreement had an “outbound investment” provision that restricted the ability of Americans to invest in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> factories in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-21-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/december-21-2024</span></a></p>
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic<p>Lame Duck President-Elect Trump and Co-President Musk have started the shitshow already and their not even in office yet 🤬</p><p>The original bipartisan bill would have extended telemedicine services for Medicare patients. As it stands now, that’s out the window</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> scared the legislators into nixing the bipartisan bill and even if they do get a <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> passed, there is a good chance <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Telemedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telemedicine</span></a> won’t be included</p><p>The GOP majority tried and failed to fast-track a measure that would keep the government funded and also raise the debt ceiling, a demand issued at the 11th hour by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a><br><a href="https://apple.news/A1PqZyyzfSmiW28BG8iIG7g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/A1PqZyyzfSmiW28BG8i</span><span class="invisible">IG7g</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Message to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseDemocrats</span></a>: <br>Remember, if you cede any ground now, you will have obeyed in advance.</p><p>Do Not Obey In Advance</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shutdown</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>«Speaker <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> has a massive new headache as he races to stop holiday <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdownh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdownh</span></a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>.</p><p>The tech scion &amp; mega-ally of President-elect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> took to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> platform <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> Wed to slam short-term funding bill Johnson backed, criticizing the 1,547-page <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> for its numerous unrelated spending measures — including a raise for lawmakers — and calling it “criminal,” “unconscionable” and a “crime against the American people"»</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/mike-johnson-elon-musk-cr-congress-00195202" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/12/18/m</span><span class="invisible">ike-johnson-elon-musk-cr-congress-00195202</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a> @ 2:10pm ET</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricBurlinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricBurlinson</span></a> (R-MO)→blasting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> over the speaker's bipartisan legislation to keep the government running past the Friday midnight deadline and through the middle of March — calling it a "total dumpster fire" and "garbage."</p><p>Asked about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a>, which includes $100 billion in disaster relief for areas hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, Congressman Burlinson declared, "it's a total dumpster fire."</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-funding-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/mike-johnson-fund</span><span class="invisible">ing-deal/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept begins the 14th fiscal yr…w/o an appropriated budget. The dire consequences of yet another yr beginning w/a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> funding the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> were communicated to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a> this month. This is just the most recent demonstration of the yawning gap between the political rhetoric in Washington about sustaining American military strength &amp; the stark realities on the ground.”<br>-Robert M.Gates DefSec 2006–11<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/24/robert-gates-peril-china-russia-pentagon-congress-defense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">24/09/24/robert-gates-peril-china-russia-pentagon-congress-defense/</span></a></p>
All Aboard NW<p>U.S. House passes another stopgap spending bill to avert shutdown <br> <a href="https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/11/u-s-house-passes-another-stopgap-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown-thanks-to-democrats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/</span><span class="invisible">11/u-s-house-passes-another-stopgap-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown-thanks-to-democrats.html</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/GreaterNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterNW</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/USHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHouse</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a></p>
All Aboard NW<p>“The Pacific Northwest’s congressional delegation voted overwhelmingly to keep the government open, with only Russ Fulcher of Idaho and Montana’s Ryan Zinke and Matt Rosendale opposed.” <a href="https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/09/shutdown-averted-surprising-pundits-congress-adopts-clean-continuing-resolution.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/</span><span class="invisible">09/shutdown-averted-surprising-pundits-congress-adopts-clean-continuing-resolution.html</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Northwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northwest</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shutdown</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Just hours before a potential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> passed a 45-day <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRelief</span></a> funds, an extension of a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FloodInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodInsurance</span></a> program &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> reauthorization — but no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a>. Saturday’s passage in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> ended a weeks-long <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> debate over govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>…. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> eventually ditched its own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stopgap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopgap</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bill</span></a> to pass a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> version.</p><p>The Senate vote was 88-9.</p>
Nonilex<p>As for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blumenthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blumenthal</span></a> said no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> indicated they were going to vote against it over its lack of funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>. He expects a vote on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a>-passed CR w/in the next few hours.</p><p>(Hours? what happened to 6:30?)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RepublicanDysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanDysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obstruction</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> passes short-term funding bill w/ hours until <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a></p><p>Just hours before a potential govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> reached a deal in the House that includes a 45-day <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRelief</span></a> funds, an extension of a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FloodInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodInsurance</span></a> prgm &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> reauthorization — but no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a>.<br>
Unclear where things stand in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>, where a procedural vote on the chamber’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stopgap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopgap</span></a> measure had yet to be called.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/30/government-shutdown-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/09/30/government-shutdown-updates/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin asked for $4 billion for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> security in supplemental <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> negotiated between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> leadership &amp; Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appropriations</span></a> leaders included NO ADDITIONAL MONEY or POLICY CHANGES for the border.<br>
If there is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a>, border security operations will be hampered. Border agents will go without pay.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Many of those same <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> hard-liners have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocked</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> from passing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuingResolution</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CR</span></a>) to prevent a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a> w/Republican votes, too.</p><p>Still, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> told a group of informal advisers in a meeting Tues evening to ramp up their messaging on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> security….<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> hope to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> the shutdown on the Biden admin’s record on the border.</p>