As shutdown looms, congressional leaders ready stopgap bill to extend government funding to March

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As shutdown looms, congressional leaders ready stopgap bill to extend government funding to March
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Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running into March and avoid a partial shutdown next week.

The temporary measure will run to March 1 for some federal agencies whose approved funds are set to run out Friday and extend the remainder of government operations to March 8. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it.

The stopgap bill, expected to be released Sunday, would come as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has been under pressure from his hard-right flank in recent days to jettison a recent bipartisan spending deal with Senate Democrats. The bill would need Democratic support to pass the narrowly divided House.

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It's amazing how inept these dipshits all are.

It's equally amazing that the US population continues re-electing their dipshits, because they believe that it's everyone else's dipshits who are the problem.

I honestly don't know if this system is capable of being repaired.

I had this conversation with my spouse earlier. I don't think we can come back from this insanity. Going back to even Newt Gingrich's (who was an asshole in his own right) era is also out of reach.

I think the only way we come out the other side is if the Republicans destroy themselves (best case) or if they destroy democracy itself (more likely IMO).

As my spouse said, they're like the kids who would rather blow up the toy than share.

It’s been worse. Honestly, the post WWII era was an anomaly where everyone wasn’t a dipshit. We muddle through.

That sounds like a veiled "both sides" sentiment.

Subtle tankie?

not all of us are electing do nothing dipshits like Trump and Biden

some of us that are not participating are not allowed to vote

there is more that can take your vote away than just being a felon