Umm, doesn't the vote/ bill need to be passed in the senate??? I thought the first two years of Trump we had the congress and all the bills passed went to the senate and died on the desk of Cocaine Mitch. They just ignored them??? YES, YES???? SO THIS VOTE IS SYMBOLIC ONLY? IT WAS STILL PASSED AND GOING INTO AFFECT. I remember we defunded some crappy legislation just to find out it was already allocated and the funding was not going to stop for a few years. Remember when Trump was going to fill er up to the tippy top. That never happened, it was reported but congress blocked him from getting a good deal. Now the resident is paying 80+ a barrel. Nice job clown. So is this a real win? I don't think it is. Just symbolic.
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House of Reps controls the purse. They can refuse to fund anything they want. But the president usually has ways around it.
question is, was funding already appropriated for the 87K IRS agents.
Where do funds to pay government salaries come from? What bank or financial institution?
I believe the checks come straight from from the treasury.
I believe government is shut down if they can't come to an agreement, which is not a bad thing
Wait for it. All we need is (1) Senator to switch parties or go independent and conference with the (R)s.
The House passed bill doesn't have to be voted on right away in the Senate to still take effect.
SauceFag Here.
Just reminding what our Constitution says about this topic.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C7-3/ALDE_00013190/#:~:text=C7.-,3%20Appropriations%20Clause%20Generally,published%20from%20time%20to%20time.
Another Link:
https://history.house.gov/institution/origins-development/power-of-the-purse/#:~:text=The%20constitutional%20provision%20making%20Congress,President%20or%20executive%20branch%20agencies.
The House did the right thing although this bill cannot advance on its own. It is an opening statement that has to be made.
This may have passed the House but it will never be taken up in the Senate as long as (D)s are in control of it. The near term fight is the debt ceiling and this is where the leverage to get rid of the IRS agents and other onerous things can be stripped from funding in order for the (R)s to consider even a 1-cent rise in the debt ceiling.
Congress voted for all the $1.7T spending but the debt ceiling must be raised to allow for the spending to happen. This is where the rules package just appoved has the teeth to actually get in there and derail this shit.
This.