Congressional Democrats and Republicans have eight days to strike a funding deal before the government goes into a partial shutdown.
  • Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month.
  • The new proposal goes against Donald Trump’s wishes and makes some concessions to Democrats.
  • The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election security proposal that would require people to show proof of citizenship to register as a voter.
  • The previous version of Johnson’s bill, which Trump preferred, was attached to the SAVE Act and would have funded the government through March 2025.

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    • Reyali@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      I highly recommend this 2-min video from Jeff Jackson (NC representative).

      He posted it 6 days ago explaining that nothing major was going to come out of the budget passing because the point was never to actually pass it but to get air time yelling about wanting to pass it. He constantly exposes that the extreme right flank in congress is all theater for the public and acts completely different behind closed doors. I greatly appreciate this guy and recommend checking his stuff out beyond just this one video!

      • scops@reddthat.comEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, I’m sad Jackson got redistricted out of his seat, but hopefully he will win his State Attorney General race and be well positioned to take a US senate position or maybe even run for governor down the line.

        • Reyali@lemm.ee
          6·
          2 months ago

          I’ve been following him since 2020 as an NC state representative for a different district because he gave no-nonsense updates about covid and then the Floyd protests.

          I just want to clone him and have him in both the federal and state positions, lol. We need more people like him in government, not less.

    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      Remain calm, and don’t panic. An alternate timeline appears to be leaking over into this one due to abnormally high flux densities recently. It should resolve on its own shortly. I return you now to your regularly scheduled weird as fuck reality.

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      If the government shuts down right before the election it would be a bloodbath for Republicans. I’m sure turtle head took Johnson aside for a little come to Jesus meeting about how the world really works. They already tried a bullshit hail Mary that didn’t work.

      So they kick it out to December so that the House can theoretically create a clean budget for the next administration.