[MadIsh32]

A little civics lesson

3 branches of the government- The Congress, White House and Supreme Court

In Congress, spending bills start in the House but must get through the Senate. After they are passed by both houses of Congress they go to conference to iron out differences and then its sent to the White House where the President signs it into law.

The issue here was that the Republicans only have a majority in the House. Getting the whole pie, when half of Congress is controlled by the Dems, is impossible. It simply will not happen.

So there are 2 choices- take massive political heat and possibly damage our negotiating and electoral options going forward, or get the largest 5 months of cuts in US history, declare victory and be in position to win the bigger battles.

It doesn’t seem like a hard choice to me

[Mouton]

Here is my civics lesson:

Voting is now the opiate of the electorate. Vote all you want, put in office whom you think will do the right thing and be back in two years to try again...an exercise in frustration. Oh, don’t forget to send in your donations too.

[Cheerio]

I still do not comprehend where you get to 1/2 of 1/3.

This 1/3, the House, has a majority and therefore can block any appropriations bill it wants since they all originate right there.

In my feeble brain the GOP rules over 1/3 of the Govt, not 1/6.