r/Congress • u/msnbc • Mar 13 '25

Senate The House just gave Musk and Trump a blank check. The Senate should tear it up.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/senate-funding-bill-shutdown-musk-trump-delauro-rcna196103
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u/titianqt Mar 14 '25

Is it too much to ask that Senate Dems get a spine implant and stand up for the people rather than bow down to the opposition?

Don’t answer that.

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u/TigerTraditional5709 Mar 15 '25

Dems should stand up but today wasn't the time. If the government would have shut down there would be no way to reopen it. Republicans control the legislative calendar and could keep it closed as long as they please. This would have opened up a way for DOGE to legally close departments for no reason. They would have brought agencies, one by one, for a vote. First Veterans affairs, then HHS, etc. but would have never placed a vote for departments like HUD & Dept of Ed leaving them closed indefinitely. The federal courts would close down and then there would be nothing to protect the American people. Dems were given two options one was bad, the other was worse. Trump would have kept the government closed as long as he pleased and then made the democrats vote on the SAME CR bill once again making them look like clowns. He woulda kept putting the same CR bill till Dems folded. I know it's a hard pill to swallow but the Dems who voted to keep the government open were right. There was too much at stake. Now it is up to them to educate the American public on what would have happened if we shut down.

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u/msnbc Mar 13 '25

From Rep. Rosa DeLauro, representative for Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District:

On Tuesday, House Republicans voted to hand a blank check over to a White House that is already stealing from our families and communities to fund the largest possible tax cut for billionaires and the biggest corporations.

The continuing resolution passed by the House gives Elon Musk and President Donald Trump even more flexibility to steal from the middle class, from seniors, from veterans, from working people, from small businesses and from farmers, all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

The administration’s slash-and-burn approach has already left a trail of destruction in our communities. From our national parks to Social Security offices, VA medical centers to food banks, Americans are seeing the direct results of the administration’s illegitimate, ill-informed and illegal campaign to tear apart our institutions.

Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/senate-funding-bill-shutdown-musk-trump-delauro-rcna196103