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149 House Democrats Join 192 Republicans to Pass Sweeping Military Spending Bill (truthout.org)

submitted 1 day ago by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The bill is a consolidation bill which funds countless non-military agencies.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

One of those "shut down the government" situations then that allow minorities to say the agenda and make the majority have to spend cycles managing the crisis. So is there any particular reason why the Democrats should not be triggering any political crisis they can trigger right now?

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A government shutdown is not the same as defunding a list of specific agencies.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

OK. Do whichever is available to you.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

So is there any particular reason why the Democrats should not be triggering any political crisis they can trigger right now?

No good reason. The usual reason though. Complicity.