10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown

"I'm Not Done Talking!": Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Perfectly Puts Smug, Interrupting Dems In Their Place - The American Tribune.com

Resurfaced video shows an absolutely wild moment on the House floor that got largely missed amidst last December’s Christmas deadline over what Donald Trump would inherit as a new budget. In a clip from December 19th, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) presciently admonished her Democrat colleagues for threatening to shut down the government over the then-president elect’s proposed spending program. Representative Luna began her remark by speaking ab…

Will Dems Draw a Line? Budget Capitulation Raises Questions Over Fights to Come.

It’s not hard to imagine Democrats who didn’t hold the line for Medicaid won’t hold it for trans health care, either.

Speaker Johnson Shares Eye-Opening Statistic On Dem Shutdown Vote

A tremendous number of Democrats voted against a continuing resolution to avert a partial government shutdown this past week, as underscored by a statistic delivered by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the weekend. Joining “Life, Liberty, & Levin” on Fox News, Johnson spoke about how Republicans who control both chambers of Congress “put the Democrats ...

Schumer’s Surrender: Much Ado About Nothing Surprising – The Tennessee Tribune

Tom Knapp “House Democrats erupted into apoplexy,”  Axios reported on March 14, “after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans’ stopgap government funding measure.” With their surrender, Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats enabled passage of a “continuing resolution” that kicked the government’s budget and debt cans down the road yet again, this time through September 30. Schumer’s case for a yes vote …

Illinois Dems split on allowing vote on bill to avert government shutdown – Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions or voting no and letting a funding lapse ensue. In all, 10 Democrats, including Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to advance the Republican funding proposal to a final vote and avoid a shutdown at all costs.

Where Is The Line? Democratic Budget Capitulation Foreshadows LGBTQ+ Fights To Come

Photo by Ian Hutchinson on UnsplashErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.Ten Senate Democrats handed Republicans a critical victory yesterday, voting in favor of cloture on a budget that will allow the Trump Administration to continue wielding budget cuts as a political weapon—targeting the administration’s opponents, including trans and queer people. The b…