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116th Congress: Episode 1 - Trial by Fire

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My Schoolhouse Rock is a bit rusty, is there a time limit on Bills approved from the House, or could a potential Dem controlled Senate in the 117th Congress take a look at two years of backlog from the house and go "Hey! These are great! *rubber stanp*"??

Okay, my Schoolhouse Rock is a lot rusty. Just need the reminder.

The time limit is the fiscal year for most bills, but some, such as Constitutional Amendments, can spend years as bills and only become irrelevant because nobody does anything with them.
 
The time limit is the fiscal year for most bills, but some, such as Constitutional Amendments, can spend years as bills and only become irrelevant because nobody does anything with them.

For most appropriation bills, yes. Otherwise, it is the length of the Congress (2 yrs)
 
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Every two years bills expire when the new Congress starts. Amendments only stay open longer if they've already passed and are waiting for ratification by the states.

This is why the Senate's unanimous voice vote to keep the government open no longer counts, even though the house just passed the exact same thing.
 
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They are insane if they don't pass it. The millionaire (billionaire) Members don't need the money.

Not every Congressman working in the House is rich and can afford not to be paid when Orange ****tard goes on one of his temper tantrums.
 
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It should include POTUS. I'd love to see Trump's decision should it ever reach his desk.

Trump would sign it instantly. It's another chance for him to show the world how much money he wants us to think he has.
 
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Not every Congressman working in the House is rich and can afford not to be paid when Orange ****tard goes on one of his temper tantrums.

And an even lower percentage of federal employees earning an hourly wage are rich and can afford to have their paychecks delayed.

IIRC, parts of the Constitution stops that bill

Correct. I remember reading that earlier this week.
 
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No, they don't. The people with power here are Nancy, Chuck, Turtle Boy, and the Orange ****tard. The rest have very little to none.

Then it's their fault for giving up that power to them.

Funding the government is the responsibility of Congress.
 
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Then it's their fault for giving up that power to them.

Funding the government is the responsibility of Congress.

I don't think you understand the issue as well as you think it does. If Trump wants to shut down the Government and Turtle Boy does whatever Trump wants then the Government is going to stay shut down. It won't matter what any one Congressman in the House or Senate does.
 
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I don't think you understand the issue as well as you think it does. If Trump wants to shut down the Government and Turtle Boy does whatever Trump wants then the Government is going to stay shut down. It won't matter what any one Congressman in the House or Senate does.

They can override his veto. If Dems are at 240 in the House that would only take about 50 knucks to cross over and put this to bed. I think 7 of them already voted for the Dems first bill to open the government. Senate would need 20 Goopers which is doable if the Koch brothers write Itch a big enough check to bring the bill up for a vote.
 
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They can override his veto. If Dems are at 240 in the House that would only take about 50 knucks to cross over and put this to bed. I think 7 of them already voted for the Dems first bill to open the government. Senate would need 20 Goopers which is doable if the Koch brothers write Itch a big enough check to bring the bill up for a vote.

Sure. They can override it. IF and ONLY IF Turtle Boy will bring it to the floor. Right now he won't. And again, this is a discussion about who has power. Turtle Boy has all the power in the Senate. Nancy has all the power in the House. And, it's massive power. I think people forgot how powerful the Speaker is while Ayn Rand Masturbation Boy was running things.
 
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Sure. They can override it. IF and ONLY IF Turtle Boy will bring it to the floor. Right now he won't. And again, this is a discussion about who has power. Turtle Boy has all the power in the Senate. Nancy has all the power in the House. And, it's massive power. I think people forgot how powerful the Speaker is while Ayn Rand Masturbation Boy was running things.

All of the GOP speakers have been impotent post-Gingrich. From Child Molester Hastert to the Boner to the Weasel, its been a bunch of people kowtowing down to the likes of Tom DeLay and Jim Jordan. :eek:
 
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All of the GOP speakers have been impotent post-Gingrich. From Child Molester Hastert to the Boner to the Weasel, its been a bunch of people kowtowing down to the likes of Tom DeLay and Jim Jordan. :eek:

Yeah, it's setup so the leader of the Freedom Caucus swings the biggest dick and the Speaker is nobody.
 
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