With just over 24 hours before the government is set to shutdown, Donald Trump and congressional leaders from both parties emerged from a high-stakes White House meeting on Monday with no agreement, setting the stage for large swaths of the federal government to close after midnight Wednesday.
The impasse came after closed-door talks between the four top congressional leaders and Trump in the Oval Office, where lawmakers appeared to trade blame but make little progress towards a deal. “There are still large differences between us,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters after the meeting, claiming that Republicans refused to engage on their core demands around health care and restoring previous funding cuts.
“Their bill has not one iota of Democratic input,” he added, taking aim at a House-passed seven-week stopgap funding bill that Senate Democrats rejected last week. “That is never how we’ve done this before.”
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Trump wants this shutdown. He was never gonna deal.
It’s a budget, he needs 50 votes and there’s 53 senators with a R by their names…
If there’s a shutdown it’s cuz trump ordered it.
Schumer “negotiating” just makes it easier for idiots to blame it on Dems.
Mainstream media at large is acting like budget reconciliation isn’t a thing…
The procedure overrides the Senate’s filibuster rules, which may otherwise require a sixty-vote supermajority for passage. Bills described as reconciliation bills can pass the Senate by a simple majority of fifty-one votes or fifty votes plus the vice president’s as the tie-breaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)
trump doesn’t need a single D vote in the House or Senate to pass a budget, he just doesn’t want to
This is a funding bill, which is different than the budget/reconciliation process. He needs 60 votes.
You think “budget reconciliation” which was literally invented to make sure a budget is passed…
Doesn’t apply to the annual budget, which has been passed by budget reconciliation for like a decade straight?
Budget reconciliation is the bill of sale, the funding measure is the credit card. They need 60 votes to get the credit card to pay the bill. This is the only negotiation tactic the dems have in their possession. That’s why they are making their bones on the ACA funding. Tens of millions of Americans rely upon those subsidies to afford health insurance. The dems just have to make sure that the people know what’s at stake. A job they are notoriously bad at.
Wasn’t that what they passed in July?
All the more reason to use it once the new fiscal year starts…
If Schumer caves, they can abuse the rule and pass something 1000x times shittier under reconciliation.
They were able to pass that a few months ago, because they didn’t use reconciliation for last year’s budget, it was just a CR all year
Which is likely what will happen again, and why Schumer would be a giant fucking idiot to negotiate just so Republicans don’t have to use it.
Like, good point, but it just brings us full circle.
Quick edit:
Because Senate can use reconciliation once a fiscal year
Is that simply a senate rule that can be bypassed with a simple majority?
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No he doesn’t. He needs to pay ICE agents. He needs the government to stay open.
Shutting the government down and keeping it shut down inhibits his ability to progress with fascism.
Shut the government down and what happens to the soldiers deployed to US streets?
No. Shut it the fuck down. Its idiotic to allow it to stay open.
Don’t worry, the generals are there to step in and take over any dept Trump deems necessary.
They have the majority. Should have told them to make a deal with themselves if they actually give a shit.
But controlled opposition, doing controlled opposition things, to maintain the illusion of democracy.
Time can go fuck itself for this bullshit headline. “Democrats leave White House with no deal”?
How about “Republicans refuse Democrat deal, setting stage for Republican Government shutdown”
Or maybe something like “Republicans Refuse To Give Americans Benefits and Medical they Pay For, Govenment Shutdown Imminent”
It is pretty obvious, the narrative has been completely captured. All news only reports what these imbeciles say. No pushback, always giving them the deference.
This happened after 9/11 in a very pronounced way. No serious or widespread criticism was allowed in mainstream media. Although the government did apply some pressure it was mostly voluntary.
What do you do when all the pseudo rulling institutions capitulate to a tyrant willingly? What happen when the government becomes indistinguishable from the mob?
The answer is not much, because it has happened many times before already. People need to wake up.
We’re so fucked.
Sanewashing in full force, yet again.
History books should note how everything tilted towards insanity led by a complicit media simply for the sake of money.
Won’t change anything in the future surely but it’d be nice to note at least.
Americans will never miss their water until the well runs dry.
It’s not that Americans are all racist, or all ignorant… it’s that enough of them don’t spare a thought to think things through until it effects them personally.
Welcome to life in America. Where intelligence and common sense aren’t so common. People will literally kill you so they can happily vote against their own interests.
Truth.
Living in Canada is like having crazy downstairs neighbours but for some reason one of our roommates keeps inviting them upstairs.
I have not been to the USA in a decade. Literally the only reason I’ll ever, ever, return is to visit Casa Bonita in Colorado… ideally on a layover.
We made it in last October. Very well worth the visit, if you can get a reservation
Glad to hear!
Any stories??
We sprung for the “premium seating.” It was only maybe $10 more per person, but you get seated along the diving cliff so you can see the show better. And because we were one of the last tables of the night, we got lucky and ended up with the best table in the place, right next to/above the cliff divers. I’m not really sure how best to describe it, so it’s a good thing I have video evidence 😅
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Well shit. I checked to see if it showed my name and it didn’t seem to on my side 😮💨
Omg, I tried to get in there with almost a month planning ahead. NOPE.
You may need to find a local with whatever lifetime gold membership they sold. Bribe them to take you or something.
I had no idea it was so difficult to get in there. I signed up for the email where they will open a few times here and there, but as soon as the mail is sent, the reservations are gobbled up by the bots.
I wish you all the luck.
It’s gonna be 3 years at least. I doubt I’d be getting the full experience visiting during the tariffs anyways.
thx for the heads up!
It affects me personally that you used the wrong form of “effect/affect”.
Republicans don’t want a deal. Then they can make up whatever they want about democrats and claim they’re the problem and maneuver for more power grabs.
Why are Democrats trying to make deals with fascists is the real headline.
TBF it is their job attend legislative sessions. I agree with the spirit of your comment.
To answer your question… clearly the weren’t trying that hard.
I disagree. I would argue that their job is to represent their constituents. Sometimes that might involve attending legislative sessions. Other times that might involve intentionally not engaging with the opposition party, if that is in the best interests of the constituents.
Well now you just sound impossible to please and completely ignorant of your own civic system.
Sorry.
I’m neither. I want the opposition party to be an opposition party when its important to do so, like it is now.
That means not trying to find common ground with fascists.
That’s what they’re doing. I’ll be the first to gripe the DNC as a whole but the way you’re mischaracterizing things is not helpful.
As per the article:
Democrats have continued to assert that their votes—which are needed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold—are contingent on the bill including key health care provisions, particularly a permanent extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that have helped millions of middle-class families afford coverage. Without action, those subsidies will expire at year’s end, raising premiums just as Americans begin signing up for 2026 plans in November.
Democrats also want to reverse $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid that Republicans enacted unilaterally this summer, eliminate new work requirements for that program, block the White House from clawing back funds previously approved by Congress, and restore funding for medical research. But they have focused their demands on the ACA subsidies.
Its not a mischaracterization to say I don’t agree with what the Democrats are doing. They shouldn’t be negotiating to keep the government open. Period. They can stop things from happening by shutting the thing down and preventing the real day to day damage. Don’t open it back till after the midterms, and sure as shit don’t do anything that Republicans will spin to help themselves.
I’ve been through two shut downs/ near shutdowns as a freddie. Its fine. Shut it down.
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat to vote with a majority of Republicans in favor of the bill on Sept. 19
I think we can all safely say that Fetterman isn’t a Democrat anymore. He should be ejected from the party.
The Democrats caved to Trump the last time, they better not cave this time.
I think that’s why Reps are gearing up for war. This could get nasty.
Going to be hard to get soldiers to fight for zero pay.
What did anyone expect anything different?
Yes, I expected Democrats to spinelessly cave. Pleasantly surprised so far, though there’s still time.
Not a fan, but props to him for not caving (so far).
Good, let it shut down. Let the people know that Republicans can’t govern and will 100% abandon them to protect Trump.
Who could have ever predicted this?
The worst part is Trumps Cronies 100% expected this to be more difficult.
The Republicans shut down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files.
Putin wants chaos so Trump and his gang deliver chaos.
Fuck MAGA
Shut it down!
the government is set to shutdown
- Set to shut down (verb)
- Set for shutdown (noun)
You need to pick a lane. Please tell me time.com editors have at least the brains god gave a gnat.
