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Congress Prepares To Continue Doing Nothing After Shutdown Ends
YouTube.com ^ | November 10, 2025 | The Babylon Bee

Posted on 11/18/2025 10:21:33 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9kceTvsiI

After a record-breaking 41-day stalemate in the U.S. Senate, lawmakers have finally gathered the votes to move forward with a continuing resolution. Congress is now making preparations to switch over from doing nothing because of the shutdown to their usual job of doing nothing simply because they’re Congress.

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1 posted on 11/18/2025 10:21:33 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

After a record-breaking 41-day stalemate in the U.S. Senate, the first order of business is the Epstein materiel, which is pretty much nothing.


2 posted on 11/18/2025 10:25:31 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This story seems more real than just an article from the bee.


3 posted on 11/18/2025 10:27:02 AM PST by Revel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Once again, the bee hits it on the nose, metaphorically speaking.


4 posted on 11/18/2025 10:27:04 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Revel

Yep.


5 posted on 11/18/2025 10:27:12 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’ll be difficult to find a headline containing more basic, bedrock Truth than this one....

The House could’a been working on their regular order budget.

But no, they all prefer to play kick-the-can-down-the-road.


6 posted on 11/18/2025 10:28:43 AM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Congress Prepares To Continue Doing Nothing After Shutdown Ends.

Well that’s a surprise NOT.


7 posted on 11/18/2025 11:08:03 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And someone thought different?

I heard Gallagher in one of his shows talk about opposites of prefixes. Like pro and con meaning for and against. You can have progress or congress.

wy69


8 posted on 11/18/2025 11:22:17 AM PST by whitney69 (")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

” Congress Prepares To Continue Doing Nothing After Shutdown Ends”

Congre$$ doing nothing is their speciality


9 posted on 11/18/2025 12:33:32 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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