Package passed Senate late Friday night by vote of 74-24, narrowly averting shutdown and banning Gaza aid through March 2025
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2tn budget bill to keep the US government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and to avert a partial shutdown, according to a statement released by the White House.
“The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the government open, invests in the American people, and strengthens our economy and national security,” Biden said in the statement.
The bill was passed in the Senate after midnight in a vote that fell 74-24. It came after funding had expired for government agencies, but the White House sent out a notice shortly after the deadline announcing the Office of Management and Budget had ceased shutdown preparations because there was a high degree of confidence that Congress would pass the legislation and the president would sign it on Saturday.
The issue is that every time the budget comes through, politicians want to use it as a method to get what they want, more so thsb previously. Some far right Republicans were totally fine with having a shutdown. My understanding is that ppl previously, they all agreed a shut down was bad but couldn’t figure out how to resolve the issue. Now, some Republicans think it would be great to have a shut down and to intentionally use that threat as a means to get what they want.
But we still don’t fix the system when we control the House, Senate, and presidency…
Believe me, I’m all about complaining about the inheirtant flaws of our system. Ignoring shit never works.
But we’ve had the political numbers to fix shit a couple times, and our only options to vote for besides Republicans just don’t fix it.
That tells me we need a higher standard than “not a Republican”.
I 100% know it won’t be quick or easy, but that’s the absolute worst reason to put something off. If it’s going to be hard and take a long time, we need to get fucking started.
I agree with all that you’re saying but it seems the steps are where we disagree but my steps are: we need to make the current Democrats the new conservative party. This is what I feel is the most realistic way to move forward. Regardless, I still support pushing for a system that supports multiple parties that would ultimately get more progressive legislation pushed, the way to that point is ultimately to keep ensuring Republicans don’t win.