Democrast Just Handed Republicans a Spending Fight Slam Dunk if They Are Smart Enough to Take It
Bonchie
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Sanity prevailed on Wednesday with House Majority Leader Mike Johnson's scrapping of a bloated, 1,500-page continuing resolution that Democrats demanded lest the government be shut down. That came after an immense pressure campaign making it clear to Republicans that the time for business as usual was over.
As spending fights go, this one initially followed the same path they always take. Congressional members waited until the last minute to try to fund the government and then used the threat of "crisis" to load up a continuing resolution with thousands of unnecessary, wasteful initiatives. This time, though, it didn't work, and Democrats are throwing a fit over it.
Republicans should send Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries a thank you card because he just handed them a slam dunk in this spending fight. By centering the standard on whether the government shuts down or not, Democrats are handing the GOP all the leverage in this fight.
I'm asking congressional Republicans to read this slowly because it might confuse them, but they have a majority. That means they can now pass a clean CR and separate disaster and farm bills. If Democrats then vote those down, angry that they didn't get their pork-filled 1,500-page monstrosity, then they will be the ones shutting the government down. Jeffries would be forced to eat his own words about hurting "everyday Americans."
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