Senate Republicans do not have enough votes for cloture, a legislative procedure to end debate and move for a vote. Republicans only have a 53-47 seat majority, and 60 votes are needed to invoke cloture. If Democrats don’t provide enough votes for cloture, the government is almost certainly headed toward a shutdown Friday.
Despite promising a fight, Senate Democrats are reportedly considering a vote swap. In exchange for providing enough votes to end debate on the GOP spending bill, Senate Republicans would allow a Democratic amendment to continue to fund the government at current levels for the next month to come to the floor, known as a continuing resolution, or CR. The Democratic amendment is almost certain to fail.
Democrats opposed to the GOP bill would then be allowed to vote “no” on the broader spending bill, allowing them to seem like they’re voting against the GOP measure despite providing the needed support to bring it to the floor. Democrats have criticized the GOP plan, which would give Musk and Trump more power to slash the federal government and also cut $1 billion from Washington, D.C.’s local budget.
Nina Smith, a Democratic strategist, said this kind of wheeling and dealing is exactly why Americans have lost faith in the party.
This is what “vote blue no matter who” gets us. Weak, bad dems who have no affinity for any sort of party platform. They just printed a “D” next to their name.
Well we knew dems sux its the gop that suxed more and shouldn’t even have a chance. Vote blue until no more red.
yes but we have lost. For good, maybe. And ‘vote blue no matter who’ incremental change didnt work to hold the line against steady rightwing pressure and rightwing change year after year. We’ve slowly lost the society FDR created. The ideas are scorned by the party that created them.
Chuck is a schmuck.
You don’t negotiate people who have a proven history of not dealing in good faith.
Why the hell do dems think republicans are just gonna play nice? And why vote for this fucking bill? Are they idiots?
Worse, they’re liars. They work for the oligarchs while wearing a pride flag.
It’s exactly like Collins and Manchin. They put up a big show of fighting and then just vote for it anyways.
The DNC must be abolished if this is their version of opposing the destruction of our civil service.
Seriously. They honestly think that they can help move along and destroy the country and that 1) everyone will forget in 18 months that they voted to capitulate and won’t remember if they voted for a shutdown, and 2) that they will STILL easily pick up wins in 2026 if they capitulate.
God, fucking useless.
We have tried to tell liberals for decades this is what their party is. And they kept punching left when they should have been listening
I knew the corporate dems would cave. Especially Gutless Chuck do-nothing Schumer.
If you are commenting or reacting, take the 2 minutes to call your senators and tell them how useless Democrats are showing themselves to be. 5calls.org.
If you haven’t figured it out, they don’t listen to us
Cool, keep posting comments on Lemmy, that will definitely make a difference.
JFC WTF GFY U POS.
These fuckers are so spineless. It’s no wonder the US has gone full fascist.
Schumer has a spine. Granted it’s only when working class people try to enforce the rules on him.
I’m so fucking angry at this. They all have to fucking go.
They sold us out long ago.
The primaries will be a blood bath for Democrats. I’ll bring the bath bombs and soap for the bubbles.
Primary them all.
Democrats need youthful leaders who are actually willing to work.
