Wed Jan 16, 2019, 11:20 AM

Can Congress override Spanky's Veto?

The Govt needs to re-ooen. People will start dying soon. Look at the destruction done to the magnificent Joshua Tree National Park ! This NEEDS to end. The suffering and stress of the employees. This is just awful for them.
Please get them.back to work!

Until then, for any and all millionaires out there, how's about ya throw $10k to your local food bank? The rest of us will do what we can.

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Can Congress override Spanky's Veto? (Original post)	donkeypoofed	Jan 2019	OP
Of course they can, if McConnell will let the bill go to the Senate for a vote.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2019	#1
YES! Comrade McConnell* needs to bring the bills to reopen government to the...	Raster	Jan 2019	#2
Need 67...	Mike Nelson	Jan 2019	#3
They can, but it's months away...only happens when GOP has no	beachbum bob	Jan 2019	#4
Can, Yes	Sherman A1	Jan 2019	#5
Senate Republicans should demand a vote from McConnell or threaten him they'll switch parties	duforsure	Jan 2019	#6
+1	2naSalit	Jan 2019	#7
absolutely not--if McConnell never floors the bill.	librechik	Jan 2019	#8

Response to donkeypoofed (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 11:25 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (108,807 posts)

1. Of course they can, if McConnell will let the bill go to the Senate for a vote.

Right now that's the problem. McConnell won't let the Senate take up the House bill because he knows Spanky will veto it - but the veto could be overridden and for some reason McTurtle doesn't want to risk that possibility.

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Wed Jan 16, 2019, 11:26 AM

Raster (20,989 posts)

2. YES! Comrade McConnell* needs to bring the bills to reopen government to the...

...Senate floor, where they should pass, as they have passed before. The bills would then go to the Orange Anus* for either signing or vetoing. If unsigned, they become law in 10 days. If vetoed, Congress conceivably would have the votes to override the Orange Anus* veto.

Problem is that Comrade McConnell* will not let the bills come to a vote. He's giving cover to tRump* and more importantly is giving cover to rethuglican* senators that don't want to be perceived as voting against tRump*, because they don't want to be primaried by MAGAts*.

The end to this shutdown is truly in the rethuglicans* hands, no matter the bullshit they spew that states otherwise.

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Wed Jan 16, 2019, 11:27 AM

Mike Nelson (9,455 posts)