Republicans Plan Symbolic Bill to Prevent Shutdown

[sasha031]

More proof Republicans are nervous a government shutdown will hurt them politically:

National Journal reports the House GOP "plans to pass on Friday a measure called the 'Prevention of a Government Shutdown Act.' Passage will do nothing to avoid a government shutdown since no deal has been reached with Democrats in the Senate and the White House. But it will give the House GOP the opportunity to claim that they've tried to prod the Senate toward a deal on spending cuts."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/03/30/republicans_plan_symbolic_bill_to_prevent_shutdown.html

[vi5]

1. I know these types of moves are stupid and waste time...

..but they are politically worthwhile and provide talking points and energize "the base".

Our side should be doing more of these, and not having forced the other side to cast really tough, purely symbolic votes if only for political ad ammunition is one of our biggest wasted opportunities from the 2 years we controlled everything.

[jwirr]

2. They are just trying to place the blame on us. When it gets shut down

they will point to this and say "we tried".