Re:Senators seek to stop shutdowns forever, after McCarthy’s...
by nickthegreek on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:10PM
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FYI, the government didn’t shutdown when there was a funding gap until the 80s.
Re:Senators seek to stop shutdowns forever, after McCarthy’s...
by Turing_Machine on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:09AM
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That's just more evidence that it's a political ploy rather than a constitutional requirement.
Re:Senators seek to stop shutdowns forever, after McCarthy’s...
by bediger4000 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:59PM
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House and Senate being jealous of their prerogatives is kind of a myth. The US Congress has punted on declaring war, for example. We've had plenty of wars since 1941 without such a declaration.
The Constitution explicitly says that revenue bills must originate in the House.
There's no way the current House is going to approve anything like this, which these Senators know perfectly well. Probably no House would -- the House and Senate are extremely jealous of their prerogatives, and always have been.
It's basically just posturing for the cameras, the same way that both parties do any time there's a "government shutdown" in play. Nothing truly essential ever gets "shut down", but the politicians get to blather for a TV audience. Then when the "shutdown" is over over, all the government employees who were furloughed wind up getting paid anyway...in effect, having received a bonus paid vacation.
The amazing thing is that the public keeps falling for this financial theatre, time and time again.