Regarding the CR.
The people of the US made their voices heard and the GOP came up with a better version of the CR, and it failed to pass. The fact that something like 3 DFL congressmen voted for it, belies their claims about the importance of keeping the government open and getting relief to victims of disaster. They clearly wanted to use those two things to slip shitloads of pork and other wasteful crap though before they went on their Christmas break. What's disturbing is that there were almost 40 GOP congressmen who also voted against this CR. Every single one of those GOP reps should be target in their next primary and the campaign against them should start today.
Oh, and the DFL folx are bitching about Musk and Vivek actually reading and publicizing the contents of the bill and giving citizens the information. It's strange that they don't object to billionaires like Soros, Gates, and others getting involved in government.
As far as a temporary government shut down, who cares. Absolutely nothing of value will be affected, and no "vital" services will be stopped. Let it shut down until the new congress takes office or until Trump is inaugurated.
I've seen reports that Massie is advocating for individual bills for each thing contained in the CR, which seems like a reasonable proposal. I'm seeing DFL congressmen bitching about funding for children's cancer research, when a clean bill for that passed the house and died in the DFL controlled senate.
Ultimately we're in this situation because congress abdicated their constitutionally mandated role of writing and passing an actual budget yearly. That budget should be a result of zero based budgeting. Instead they limp along on bullshit CR's which they wait until the last minute to propose and can load up with pork.
Much like Trump, the incoming congress needs to do it's job well and quickly. They need to show that they are not looking for business as usual, but are actually looking out for the good of the country.
