House Votes to Push Government Shutdown Risk to December

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

The U.S. House voted to keep the government funded until Dec. 20 and avoid a shutdown when current spending authority runs out after midnight Thursday.

The stopgap spending bill, approved on a 231-192 vote, is set to be taken up by the Senate this week, and President Donald Trump will sign it by the deadline, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-19/house-votes-to-push-government-shutdown-risk-to-december

[OneCrazyDiamond]

1. anyone.

Trump can't stop impeachment this way (by veto)?....right?...congress still works even if he vetos??

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. I was wondering the same thing

Not just Trump. Could Moscow Mitch simply not pass it in the Senate. Defund the House to shut it down?

[NutmegYankee]

6. Congress cannot be defunded. The appropriations cover executive branch agencies.

Congress gets paid regardless.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. thanks!

[NutmegYankee]

5. No. Shutdowns only impact executive branch agencies and some parts of the judiciary.

Congress never shuts down. As for a veto, an override vote with two-thirds vote in each Chamber can overcome the veto.

[IronLionZion]

2. And then Senate will wish everyone a happy holidays

while issuing stop work orders to contractors who won't get paid during the shutdown, and will never get back pay.

[Nitram]

3. Things could get crazy as the impeachment vote nears, the primary campaigns heat up, and

the budget bills come due in December.

[George II]

8. Here's the vote:

Ayes: 219 Democrats, 12 republicans,
Nays: 10 Democrats, 181 republicans, 1 Independent
NV: 3 Democrats, 4 republicans

The 10 Democrats who voted AGAINST the Democrats and with the republicans are:

Blumenauer
Clarke
DeFazio
Meng
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pressley
Tlaib
Vargas
Vela

[George II]

9. Have any of the 10 Democrats who voted Nay explained why?