#MikeJohnson’s next steps on #GovernmentFunding fight could determine whether he gets to keep his job as #House #Speaker.

w/the #election & a #government #funding deadline around the corner, the speaker must find a way to govern, avoid a #shutdown that could cost his members in swing districts [& the country, not that the #GOP cares] & keep #Trump & #FarRight #HouseRepublicans happy enough to not imperil his own #political future.

#IssuesNotSolutions #PublicDisservice
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/mike-johnson-next-steps-government-funding-fight/index.html

#Trump is likely very happy to have the conversation move from #abortion to #immigration. Except…

#KamalaHarris says she supports the bipartisan Senate #border bill that Trump basically torpedoed last winter, saying he didn’t want to give the administration a policy win.

Harris says Trump preferred to “run on the problems” at the border rather than trying to fix them with the border bill.

#debate #IssuesNotSolutions

US #sanctions have surged in the past 2 decades & are in effect in some form in almost ⅓ of all countries. In the case of #Venezuela, US ofcls were — & remain — sharply torn over the financial fusillade.

Proponents, such as fmr top #Trump aide #JohnBolton, defend the sanctions as a critically important, though unsuccessful, effort to force out #Maduro, or at least limit the funds at his disposal.…

#IssuesNotSolutions #NationalSecurity #ForeignPolicy #Immigration #law #Harris2024 #VoteBlue

“So much for Republicans caring about the border,” #Biden said.

Biden said he’s had to use executive action to address #immigration bc #Republicans in #Congress refuse to act. Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill in Feb, even tho it included the most significant restrictions Congress contemplated in yrs.

Many, encouraged by #Trump, didn’t want to give Biden a win.

#IssuesNotSolutions
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/politics/biden-legal-protections-undocumented-spouses.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Migrant crossings on the #US - #Mexico #border have dropped significantly in the first 3 months of the year, acc/to official figures, from a peak of 301,981 in Dec to under 200,000 a month from Jan - Mar. That could ease political pressure on #POTUS #Biden, but #Republicans are likely to continue attacking him by pointing out that border crossings remain relatively high.

#HouseRepublicans #IssuesNotSolutions #immigration #policy #politics #law #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

#Senate #Republicans are making #fools of themselves. Seems as though they’re just fine w/ doing that too. #Pathetic.

Senate Dismisses 1st of 2 #Impeachment Charges Against #Mayorkas

Now wasting more time going through the same painful process again.

Democrats moved as quickly as possible—despite #GOP #obstruction & #delay tactics— to dismiss the #unconstitutional article of impeachment accusing the #DHS sec of refusing to enforce #immigration #law.

#IssuesNotSolutions #PublicDisservice

#MitchMcConnell is speaking on the #Mayorkas #impeachment & he is recommending to table the matter, which is a whole lotta let’s do nothing.
NO #HighCrimesAndMisdemeanors NONE.

#IssuesNotSolutions #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #Congress #WasteOfTime #Republicans #GOP

#HouseRepublicans urged Schumer to "schedule a trial on the matter expeditiously."

#Schumer & his staff have promised to start the process of swearing senators in as jurors the day after the articles are received in the chamber. Washington Senator Patty Murray, the #Senate President Pro Tempore, will preside over the #Mayorkas #impeachment trial.

#Congress #immigration #law #border #WhiteNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism #isolationism #IssuesNotSolutions #WeaponizationOfGovernment #VoteBlue

#HouseRepublicans will deliver 2 articles of #impeachment against #DHS Sec Alejandro #Mayorkas to the #Senate on April 10, Speaker #MikeJohnson announced Thurs.

Johnson & #House #Republicans assigned to prosecute the impeachment shared the update in a letter to Sen Maj Ldr #ChuckSchumer.

#Congress #immigration #law #border #Nationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism #isolationism #IssuesNotSolutions #VoteBlue
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241436932/house-will-send-impeachment-articles-against-mayorkas-to-senate-on-april-10

#Shutdown deadline passes as #Senate votes on spending bill
The #House already passed the $1.2T bill.

Funding for parts of the #FederalGovernment expired at 12:01AM Sat — but the Senate was working its way through a series of amendments to fund agencies for the next 6 months, which means the lapse in funding could end before fed #workers come in Mon.

#EconomicPolicy #HouseRepublicans #Congress #IssuesNotSolutions #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/23/government-shutdown-spending-bill-vote/

#TSA screeners would remain on the job #withoutPay, many of whom called in sick as a #protest after a previous #shutdown dragged on for wks, sparking nationwide #travel delays.

It would also leave #Congress w/few alternate paths to fund the govt. A likely last resort would have been another #stopgap resolution to preserve existing #funding, potentially triggering #cuts to #defense spending.

#TheDysfunctionIsThePoint #IssuesNotSolutions #HouseRepublicans #RepublicanDysfunction #VoteBlue #law

Of course

I mean they just managed to pass a bill to avert a #shutdown how dare he manage to get something done!!!

“#MarjorieTaylorGreene files motion to remove #Speaker #MikeJohnson”

#TheDysfunctionIsThePoint #IssuesNotSolutions #Congress #HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #TrollCaucus #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlueForFunction #VoteBlue
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/22/majorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-vacate-motion

Congressional Leaders Release $1.2T Spending Bill as #Congress Races to Avert #GovernmentShutdown

The bipartisan bill emerged one day before the federal funding deadline, & it was not clear whether Congress could complete it in time to avoid a partial #shutdown after midnight on Friday.

##HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #IssuesNotSolutions #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/congress-spending-bill-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Earlier this month, lawmakers were able to negotiate & pass a 6-bill $460B spending package that just barely met the 1st deadline on Mar 8, & are now repeating the process — this time haggling over funding for more politically fraught agencies — before the 2nd deadline at the end of this week.

#Congress #HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #TrollCaucus #IssuesNotSolutions #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlue

#HouseRepublicans, the #Senate, #Democrats & the #WhiteHouse had been at loggerheads over funding levels for the #DHS. For days, they had been litigating disagreements that threatened to imperil the spending package that also funds the #Pentagon, the #StateDepartment & other #FederalAgencies. They are facing a midnight deadline on Fri to pass the measure & avert a lapse in funding.

#Congress #HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #IssuesNotSolutions #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlue