Maybe I assumed too much.Too much leveraging going on between the parties........both parties are to blame here, IMHO, but it's the Dems who are trying to add stuff in as a way of leveraging the other side against the public. That's par for the course in Washington. Drain the Swamp!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...df0b94bb98a_story.html?utm_term=.354f40d78991
Some Democrats are refusing to pass the bill because of DACA which has nothing to do with spending. Sometimes it is only republicans fault but this time it is both parties.
There was a bipartisan bill that would have prevented the shutdown. GOP leadership refused to allow a vote on it. This is on Republicans, full stop.
If eitger party dislikes a bill so much that they refuse to vote on it then it's not bipartisan. Now maybe the bill was a good piece of legislation ( when was the last time that happened) but if democrats are allowed to say it must have this list in the bill for us to vote on it, then they should not get mad when republicans do the same thing. Ofcourse at some point one of the parties will have to stop being petty and give the other what they want, but right now that is not happening.
That's simply incorrect. The DACA bill had the support of all Democrats, almost 10 GOP Senators, and may have ultimately had a veto-proof majority if a vote had been allowed. But McConnell has the authority to decide what makes it to the floor, and he refused to allow it.
If it was simply voting to pass the budget, it would pass.
They need 60 to end debate, then 50 to pass it next. Of course, the Rs can't even get to 50 on their own.
