2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAre they crazy? Funding the government through Dec. 15?
And then what? They will leave D.C. for their Christmas break? Just like last summer they left for their summer break without getting anything done?
"According to multiple sources, the House plan would have called for funding the government through December 15 to end the partial shutdown. It also would increase the federal debt ceiling until February 7."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/politics/shutdown-showdown/index.html
mahina
(17,660 posts)When people are distracted.
So, yes!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)They will quietly vote to pass both when the time comes. The Tea Party has been effectively neutered.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)We don't want the government funded for too long. The Senate plan is actually intelligent. It forces a budget compromise by December 13th.
The House plan was idiotic because it all but guaranteed another crisis. The Senate plan has a clear out for that.
Also, the reason we don't want to extend this long-term is because the budget is at the sequestration levels. Hopefully we can pass a negotiated budget at some point, which is how government is supposed to actually work. On January 15th, a new round of sequestration kicks in, heavily targeted at the DOD, so both sides are really going to want to cut some sort of deal.