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So far so good:
A government shutdown is now all but inevitable.
Senators rejected dueling spending stopgap bills on Tuesday, including a House-passed continuing resolution that was the final off-ramp to avoid a government shutdown set to start at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
There’s no sign of any further breakthrough that could avert a shutdown before midnight — and even if there was, it would be next to impossible for lawmakers to act on it. Quick Senate action would require the consent of all 100 senators, and passing anything other than the House-approved CR would require the other chamber to act.
Speaker Mike Johnson sent his members home until Monday in a bid to pressure the Senate to swallow what the House already passed: a seven-week punt. Minutes after the failed vote on that bill Tuesday, the White House budget office issued a memo directing agencies to “execute their plans for an orderly shutdown” at midnight.
The latest Senate vote was 55-45. Democrats / Independents joining the inevitable Fetterman were Cortez-Maesto and King. I remember the horrible, no good 2016 election, when Democrats got walloped, with Harry Reid declaring that “Catherine Cortez-Maesto will be the next Senator from Nevada.” He was right, and now she caved. Reid is revolving in his grave.
There’s not a lot to be said at this point. Schumer held on, and now we see what’s going to happen next.
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