Dems across ideological spectrum are telling leadership that voting for a 'clean' spending bill would be tacitly blessing Musk’s controversial work, and that denying Republicans the votes they’ll need to keep the agencies open would be the lesser evil," wrote Bade.
One prominent Democratic lawmaker told Politico, “At some point you’ve got…
Dems across ideological spectrum are telling leadership that voting for a 'clean' spending bill would be tacitly blessing Musk’s controversial work, and that denying Republicans the votes they’ll need to keep the agencies open would be the lesser evil," wrote Bade.
One prominent Democratic lawmaker told Politico, “At some point you’ve got to have a goddamn backbone. I am not giving them a blank check until September.”
I brought this story up a few times, but it's one that I think is instructive. When GW Bush was reelected his first goal was privatizing Social Security. Everyone in the media and even in the dem caucuses insisted that we needed to play along, to engage in negotiations etc.
Pelosi said fuck that, and forced republicans to do it 100% on their own. Their effort crumbled under the infighting and difficulty of getting something complex and unpopular to fruition. You could say McConnell did something similar to us with Obamacare; we got it out the door but the difficulty of the sausage making made the 2010 midterm go from bad to worse.
We need to force republicans to do everything entirely on their own right now. Force them to handle the debt limit on their own too. Anything with our cooperation should require massive concessions to dems, to the extent that it's the kind of legislation we'd make on our own.
At the very least, we need to demand that Medicaid and Social Security be shielded, that vaccination programs and standards continue unabated. We also need to demand that the gutting of key agencies be reversed, including but not limited to: USAID, NOAA, Veterans Affairs, CFPB, FEMA, Education Dept. That the firings of the Inspectors General et al be reversed. And that military and other aid to Ukraine approved by President Biden move unhindered and expedited.
Dems across ideological spectrum are telling leadership that voting for a 'clean' spending bill would be tacitly blessing Musk’s controversial work, and that denying Republicans the votes they’ll need to keep the agencies open would be the lesser evil," wrote Bade.
One prominent Democratic lawmaker told Politico, “At some point you’ve got to have a goddamn backbone. I am not giving them a blank check until September.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/have-a-backbone-dem-lawmakers-tell-leadership-to-force-mike-johnson-s-hand/ar-AA1AexJ8?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=4f7152f9d7974702ab0250e973490206&ei=11
Republicans have control. If they can't get their spending bill through, it's their fault.
Whoever that prominent dem is, is correct.
I brought this story up a few times, but it's one that I think is instructive. When GW Bush was reelected his first goal was privatizing Social Security. Everyone in the media and even in the dem caucuses insisted that we needed to play along, to engage in negotiations etc.
Pelosi said fuck that, and forced republicans to do it 100% on their own. Their effort crumbled under the infighting and difficulty of getting something complex and unpopular to fruition. You could say McConnell did something similar to us with Obamacare; we got it out the door but the difficulty of the sausage making made the 2010 midterm go from bad to worse.
We need to force republicans to do everything entirely on their own right now. Force them to handle the debt limit on their own too. Anything with our cooperation should require massive concessions to dems, to the extent that it's the kind of legislation we'd make on our own.
Hear, hear!
At the very least, we need to demand that Medicaid and Social Security be shielded, that vaccination programs and standards continue unabated. We also need to demand that the gutting of key agencies be reversed, including but not limited to: USAID, NOAA, Veterans Affairs, CFPB, FEMA, Education Dept. That the firings of the Inspectors General et al be reversed. And that military and other aid to Ukraine approved by President Biden move unhindered and expedited.