Thursday, March 13, 2025

Dems Vow Not to Help GOP Majority Pass Their Budget

As the Friday night deadline that triggers a government shutdown approaches, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats would not approve the Republican proposed budget bill. "Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing resolution without any input -- any input -- from congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR," Schumer said on the floor, calling for a one-month funding bill that provides more time to negotiate a deal. Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11 CR that will keep the government open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass," he said. "I hope our Republican colleagues will join us to avoid a shutdown on Friday."

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-- Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM

The Senate thinks its voting to avoid a government shutdown. The shutdown is already happening, and it is permanent.[image or embed]

-- Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Defund the United States!
--Republicans

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-13 07:51 AM

Poor things...

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-13 08:23 AM

If trump and the rethugs want to burn it all down, do it proper and cut all subsidies and taxes for everyone, not just the the super rich.

#3 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-03-13 09:16 AM

No budget until shitler is impeached and removed from office

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-03-13 09:21 AM

This time when the Democrats shut down the government, no back pay.

#5 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-03-13 09:28 AM

Schumer is full of it. Spineless Dems will give in like they always do.

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2025-03-13 09:35 AM

We can do this by ourselves. We can pass these bills with no need to involve the Dems, so we will not negotiate with them. We have the votes. And the Dems had better vote with us!
--MAGA functionaries, a week ago

The Dems are going to shut down the government! This is all their fault! The Dems are evil enemies of the Trump Kingdom! They should be banished from these shores! They are to blame for all that is bad in this country! Blah! Blah! Blah!
--MAGA functionaries, yesterday

#7 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-13 09:36 AM

The GCCCP is shutting down government permanently.

They're allowing the corruption and grift to happen right out in the open.

Smiling Don's Used Car lot was PAID $100,000,000 by Elmo for pushing Teslas on the White House grounds. Out in the open corruption.

The GCCCP want it both ways. They want their agenda with no compromise with the democratic lawmakers while at the same time demanding the democrats help them pass their agenda. Make them pass their own corrupt agenda.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-13 09:41 AM

It's a Biden spending bill. The only reason the Democrats are protesting is to make Trump explain why he's in control of all branches of government and can't pass a budget.

Democrats will cave, like they always do, but they will get much of what they want. It's all theatre.

#9 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-03-13 09:55 AM

We can pass these bills with no need to involve the Dems, so we will not negotiate with them.

This is what happens when D's didn't negotiate with the R's last session.

It's a clean CR of Biden's former budget.

Why play the reframe game?

Why do Dems want to shutdown the government?

They're calling it the Schumer Shutdown.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-13 10:00 AM


No budget until shitler is impeached and removed from office
#4 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

I see TruthNLies wants to destroy the US completely if he doesn't get his way. Why are Lumpers like that?

I noticed when the Right was protesting against EV's little to nothing was destroyed. Today the Lumpers are out there firebombing innocent people driving their EVs

Lumpers are sick in the head.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-13 10:03 AM

IAMRUNT lies again. The CR is as dirty as the capitol rotunda was after the MAGAts defiled it on J6.

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-13 10:12 AM

I see TruthNLies wants to destroy the US completely if he doesn't get his way. Why are Lumpers like that?

The Democratic Party isn't destroying the US, they are the minority Party, and haven't been invited to the table. You seem really confused about what is actually happening here. This is what MAGA wants. Democrats are the Splitters in this situation, MAGAs like yourself are the Lumpers.

#13 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-03-13 10:23 AM

Lumpers are sick in the head.

#11 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Are Lumpers people who don't mask their potatoes completely?

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-13 10:24 AM

Are Lumpers people who don't mash their potatoes completely?

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-13 10:24 AM

They're calling it the Schumer Shutdown.

#10 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Who are they, exactly?

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-13 10:25 AM

"It's a Biden spending bill."

It's not now if it ever was:

Bobby Kogan
@bbkogan.bsky.social

In exchange for keeping the government open, Republicans are demanding:
-cuts to the programs that run Head Start and Community Health Centers
-$12 billion increase to defense
-$3.5 billion increase to DHS
-Congress relinquish some of its tariff oversight to Trump
-DC enact immediate budget cuts

#17 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-03-13 10:39 AM

Just say No!

No compromise no cooperation with traitors.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-13 10:57 AM

Didn't the Dems always tell us that a shutdown would kill the children and end the world as we know it?

#19 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-03-13 11:28 AM

Didn't the Dems always tell us that a shutdown would kill the children and end the world as we know it?

Yes! And people are already dying from President Musk's sabotage of the US Government, not that MAGAdiots care. The Repubicans are STILL going to shut down the government. Repubicans don't care about kids, they only care about fetuses and tax cuts for billionaires.

#20 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-03-13 11:38 AM

Wow, you mean one party is blocking another party from doing what they want? Well golly gee willikers, that has never happened in the history of hypocrisy...ever.

Watching DR lib kids squirm for at least over 10 years now every time Reps do something that Dems also do has just been a highlight of my political sources, just like reading Fox comments with Reps doing the same. And, at the same time, it's also just so terribly sad to watch it happen by both parties every single time the POTUS chair changes parties. America will never become what it could become because of it.

#21 | Posted by humtake at 2025-03-13 11:49 AM

Now Trump has gone and fucked it up.

Treasury ended the Biden exemption that allowed sanctioned Russian banks to process European payments for oil sales.

Now no one in Europe can purchase Russian oil

#22 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-13 11:51 AM

Didn't the Dems always tell us that a shutdown would kill the children and end the world as we know it?

No worries little one.

It's just a little "disturbance" of the "disturbance" already in progress.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-13 12:13 PM

Yes! And people are already dying from President Musk's sabotage of the US Government, not that MAGAdiots care. The Repubicans are STILL going to shut down the government. Repubicans don't care about kids, they only care about fetuses and tax cuts for billionaires.

#20 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-03-13 11:38 AM | Reply | Flag:
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Please tell us who has died. I didn't see that thread.

And speaking of the tax cuts, you told us the Biden economy was the best thing since sliced bread, weren't the tax cuts in place then?

#24 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-03-13 01:12 PM

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