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EdmondDantes_

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14. Except Musk was already doing that.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 09:00 AM

Mar 17

You aren't looking for a discussion just fawning agreement. Asking again, how does voting against the CR get to the 30 day CR? You state opinions as facts and then expect people to start from those assumptions without providing evidence to support them.

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Rejecting The Horrible CR Would Have Had Horrible Consequences For Someone [View all] gab13by13 Mar 17 OP

They had no option of rejecting the CR FBaggins Mar 17 #1

I do not understand your post gab13by13 Mar 17 #2

The option was between the CR and a government shutdown EdmondDantes_ Mar 17 #3

The government shutdown has been in progress Voltaire2 Mar 17 #4

When I am clearing some brush on my property, I think: usonian Mar 17 #7

Agreed -- those 10 voted to allow the "custom" shutdown to continue LSparkle Mar 17 #8

The notion going around that Trump wanted a shutdown was not true at all. gab13by13 Mar 17 #9

That doesn't answer the question EdmondDantes_ Mar 17 #11

The point was to return it to the house. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #16

That would work if the House Republicans preferred the CR to a shutdown karynnj Mar 17 #23

And again: they are permanently shutting down many parts of the government. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #29

Of course there was a downside FBaggins Mar 17 #32

There was no option of returning it to the House FBaggins Mar 17 #28

The dates of his upcoming book tour maybe the reason he didn't stop the horrid CR's passage. brush Mar 17 #24

The choice was between fighting gab13by13 Mar 17 #5

Except Musk was already doing that. EdmondDantes_ Mar 17 #14

Hakeem Jeffries expected the CR to be killed gab13by13 Mar 17 #18

You do realize "OMB director decides" is no different, right? FBaggins Mar 17 #17

Sorry but making it political was the wrong choice gab13by13 Mar 17 #19

Schumer didn't "hand the purse strings over to Musk" FBaggins Mar 17 #25

In my belief, a shutdown might have prevented more of the agencies torn up since people would not be present LiberalArkie Mar 17 #13

Chuck's campaign donors: sop Mar 17 #6

One way to play poker is to always fold. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #10

Except the ante is a lot more costly for Congress. gab13by13 Mar 17 #12

The ante is zero. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #15

To me the ante isn't political gab13by13 Mar 17 #21

Aproving the CR is total abdication and will help enable the plutocracy that is forming. lark Mar 17 #20

They gave Krasnov what he wanted and got absolutely nothing in return gab13by13 Mar 17 #31

They had nine years to plan for this scenario. nt Hotler Mar 17 #22

If the courts ran out of federal funds dlk Mar 17 #26

This is a little weird. yardwork Mar 17 #27

Update on the Book tour gab13by13 Mar 17 #30

The tour would've been a complete shitshow of blowback everywhere he went, and he knows it AZJonnie Mar 17 #33