On Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 1:16:54 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote:
On Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 9:48:08 AM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote: On 3/15/2025 8:36 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:57:32 AM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:09:15 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote: I'm concerned that shutting down the government is just creating the kind of crisis Trump would like to justify his saving the nation by disbanding Congress and ruling by edict. Perhaps though it could be driven the other way if enough Repuglicans can be made to see that as a bridge too far. So far though they seem inclined to roll belly up, and the Dem's aren't providing any leadership at the top. All the courage is in the junior members. Brent What are the main reasons the democrats oppose the CR? I skimmed the article but it doesn't say. AG Do you think Schumer did the right thing in voting in favor in favor of cloture and then for the CR? AG Passing the CR means not using filibuster. Essentially it's capitulating to the Republican measure. My criticism is that they gave in without getting anything for it. They should have held out the threat of a shut down as a negotiating tactic, and gone to the public saying we're doing this to save Ukraine and USAID and medical research. Brent Schumer said he was fearful that if a shutdown occurred, it would give Trump more power to determine which federal employees could be fired as non-essential, and it might weaken the court actions to reinstate those already fired. I tend to agree he did the prudent thing. AG The counter-argument is that the CR contains $13 billion in unspecified cuts to discretionary spending. This means the CR allows large cuts to any individual agencies, contracts, etc., which Trump desires. So it's arguable if Schumer did the right action. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/468ff044-a1bb-4314-affb-7e17a4542a8dn%40googlegroups.com.
