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BumRushDaShow

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5. Based on decades of past practice

Reply to Escape (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 03:50 PM

Aug 5

they will ATTEMPT to pass some kind of short term C.R. and then hold Congress hostage during the winter holiday break for either another C.R. or a final Omnibus budget.

Democrats should let them stumble into a shutdown.

The GOP Senate would need a minimum of 7 (D)s / (I)s to vote for it (with a Vance tie breaker if they only have the 7 and all (R)s vote for it) to get it over the finish line (assuming the House passes it.

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