They need to pass the CR to fund the government through September. The fiscal year 2026 budget will include all of the DOGE cuts, Trump's tax cuts and whatever and will be done through reconciliation. It's the best opportunity to shrink size of the federal government for the first time in 50 years. The democrats want to avoid that and apparently Massie does also.
I don't think we can subscribe the same motives to Massie as the dems just because he and they are voting no. They can both vote no but for different reasons. That doesn't mean they are the same.
His motivations are irrelevant. If he is too short sighted to see what this bill does strategically and forgo his TDS, he is acting no better than the dems.
The only other reason to vote against it is to stop the changes Trump is there to do.
I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Best case he didn't think it through when he attempted to log jam the whole government restructuring. Mainly because the alternative is, he is in bed with the cabal.
They need to pass the CR to fund the government through September. The fiscal year 2026 budget will include all of the DOGE cuts, Trump's tax cuts and whatever and will be done through reconciliation. It's the best opportunity to shrink size of the federal government for the first time in 50 years. The democrats want to avoid that and apparently Massie does also.
I don't think we can subscribe the same motives to Massie as the dems just because he and they are voting no. They can both vote no but for different reasons. That doesn't mean they are the same.
His motivations are irrelevant. If he is too short sighted to see what this bill does strategically and forgo his TDS, he is acting no better than the dems.
The only other reason to vote against it is to stop the changes Trump is there to do.
I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Best case he didn't think it through when he attempted to log jam the whole government restructuring. Mainly because the alternative is, he is in bed with the cabal.
Then maybe the CR should be Conservatively based. It isn't it's another spending not cutting CR
Right.
D's vote no because they want to vote no for anything Trump wants.
Massie votes no because it is not a responsible budget.
So, it is a DUMB take to say Massie is just like the D's.
It will have the same effect. Massie is great but in this case he’s blocking out first snd maybe only chance to get things fixed.
I don't know when Massie put in their vote. Did they vote no after it was clear this was passing?
In this context, that would make his decision easier to accept for many.
To be fair, it would be fantastic if the Republicans would cut half the spending since Democrats are going to refuse to sign anyway.