First day of new Congress, House of Representatives

[rateyes]

should pass the exact spending bill that passed 100-0, and send to new Senate. It will pass there. Send it to Dumbass’s desk. If he vetoes it, it then is up to whole Republican Party to decide whether to join Democrats and override the veto.

Make the whole damned party either stand up to Dumbass, or own the shutdown.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I think it will work.

[Smackdown2019]

2. Anti-Trumpism

He will still do what he always have done, destroy America. He will still not sign the bill because his Master Putin told him not to!

[rateyes]

3. And then the onus is on whole Republican Party.

[onenote]

4. It was just a short term extension. And Trump won't veto it if it reaches his desk

I don't disagree that we should pass a funding resolution and send it to the Senate and put the pressure on Republicans to vote against it. But I'm not sure that passing the same short term bill as the Senate passed on December 19 is the best strategy.

That bill only funded the government through February 8 -- about 7 weeks. Anything longer than that might not get Republican votes in the Senate -- maybe at most a short term bill that funds the government for the same length of time (i.e., until around the end of February).

If such a short-term bill hits Trump's desk, I predict that he will sign it, claiming that it is a demonstration of his desire to see the shutdown end and to reach a deal. However, at the same time, he will announce that he expects the Democrats to deal with him and that this is the one and only time he will sign a funding bill that doesn't have his wall money in it.

I think in some ways were better off going with the strategy of two separate bills - one long term bill that funds the government without anything for border security and a second bill that has the $1.3 billion the Democrats have previously offered for border security. Send them both to the Senate and see what happens.

[rateyes]

5. That works.

[kentuck]

6. Good call !