Posted on 01/18/2024 9:01:33 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Congress is racing to greenlight a short-term spending bill and avoid a government shutdown ahead of a winter storm that is set to hit Washington and parts of the Northeast and Midwest.
Government funding is set to expire at midnight on the end of Friday, but the looming weather is pushing lawmakers to wrap up work sooner than that. The Senate and House are expected to OK another continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government open on another two-deadline track through March 1 and March 8.
The Senate locked in a time agreement on Wednesday night to set up a series of votes starting around lunchtime Thursday. Final passage of the six-week CR is expected to take place Thursday afternoon after a series of amendment votes.
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I can remember when congress just kept on working during winter storms. Now they use them as a tool to be pathetic.
Who cares? Hell, whenever there’s a winter storm, half of the DC bureaucraps (thanks, Archie Bunker, for yet another accurate malapropism) are told to stay home because they are non-essential. HELLO? If they’re non-essential, then why TF are we paying them to interfere with our lives?
There should be no deal until the border wall is fully funded, the border is militarized and declared a free fire zone.
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