Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w...
by rplst8 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:38AM
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This is the part that people so easily forget. The power is truley in Congress' hands. That said, appropriations bills must originate in the House and the new speaker and flock of freshman Representatives haven't passed anything yet.
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Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w...
by kmontrose on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:45AM
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The House has already passed a couple bills funding the government, in whole or in part[1]. They haven't been taken up in the Senate.
One of the bills passed this week: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/21?s...
[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/04/house-passes-bill-to-end-gov...
Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w...
by pimlottc on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:57AM
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> That said, appropriations bills must originate in the House and the new speaker and flock of freshman Representatives haven't passed anything yet.
This is flatly untrue. The House passed an appropriations bill [0] on the first day they were in session (Jan 3), and it has been waiting for a vote in the Senate since then.
Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w...
by danso on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:04AM
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Why would the House waste time passing bills that aren’t going to have a veto proof majority? Congress generally waits until they’re close to having the votes before going through the process.