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House Republicans offered a bill to keep specifically SNAP funded while everything else is still under negotiation.
Democrats declined.
Not sure if you're just blatantly ignorant of what's actually happening or if this is just an attempt to smear Democrats, but it'd be nice if a Republican could take the extra 5 minutes to actually read about what's going on. I'll do it for you (you're welcome).
Sen. Hawley introduced the "Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025" on Oct. 21st. It's currently with the Senate Appropriations Committee, as of that time. It's not likely to go anywhere though as REPUBLICAN LEADERS, are not prioritizing it. From a Politico article, there were several quotes from Republicans stating that they don't want a stopgap, that it doesn't actually fix the problem.
But hey, it's so much more convenient to just blame Democrats for every problem, isn't it?
Sources [Politico], [Congress.gov]
I already have this person tagged as "right-wing douchebag". Huh wonder why
Republicans have full control of the fed, numb nuts
They have 53/100 in the Senate, and because this is less than 60, it permits the FILIBUSTER to take place on the part of the democrats, who are refusing to let the budget go to vote.
Republicans tried to piecemeal their way to cutting the ACA subsidies. Dems actually resisted that bad deal for a change. If Trump is so damn good at making deals, why are deals not getting made?
You might be the dumbest person on lemmy I've seen. Conservatives completely control the fed. They could do it if they wanted to.
They're using Democrats as a scapegoat so morons like you fall for the "but the Democrats won't play ball" hook line and sinker.
What do you mean by this? The democrats are literally engaging in a filibuster. Did you not see Katherine Clark say “There will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”?
They literally just have to let the budget go to vote.
For one thing the filibuster standing rule can be ditched by simple majority. Neil Gorsuch's nomination is in fact an example of the Senate overcoming the filibuster if they want to. The SC nomination was so important to the GOP they did it.
However, the consequences of the government shutdown are not as important as having a conservative majority in the supreme court to the GOP. Or the GOP are intentionally delaying as a strategy to try to let the narrative of blaming the democrats sink in before they 'miraculously' overcome it and take credit for fixing it after the democrats 'broke' it.
Elections have consequences. If Republicans wanted a supermajority they should have worked harder on election day. Now they have to negotiate, they're just choosing not to.
Maybe the democrats should have worked hard enough to get a majority. Or chosen to negotiate by allowing the bill for temporary snap funding to pass.
The democrats blocking the last one is them DIRECTLY withholding snap funding until they get what they want.
Their strategy, is that people are stupid and will blame the republicans for the actions of the democrats. More likely though, the democrats are going to give the republicans that supermajority in 2026.
So the republicans are literally incapable of governing the country without a supermajority, but the democrats are? Who would vote republican then?
Republicans control the house, senate, and presidency. Where's the leadership?
Soon, they will have a supermajority.
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Wow a Twitter screenshot? From @LeadingReport??? I stand totally corrected and ashamed of all my previous opinions 😝