[olezip]

As the partial government shutdown enters its third day, many House Republicans are determined to keep fighting, even though they see no plausible way out of the current impasse, because they've come so far they cannot imagine backing down now. "I think there's a sense that for us to do a clean CR now -- then what the hell was this about?" one Republican House member told me. "So I don't think it's going to end anytime soon."

Why not follow the game plan outlined by Cruz? There is considerable precedent to send funding bills to the Senate piecemeal. I was furloughed in 1995, but my colleagues working for two different government agencies went to work. It was awful because we were not permitted to work for free; we had to stay home.

Piecemeal funding is a viable strategy because it puts the ball in the court of the Senate. Reid is already reacting hysterically; Obama, who always gets his way, is also unsettled. Why stop now?

Get funding for essential services and agencies over to the Senate. Explain to them that this is how it was done in 1995. That is how the congress operates, vs an Omnibus bill preferred by the Senate.

Explain to the Senate that the law says that spending bills originate in the House. Democrat Senators apparently do not do much reading.

[mrsmel]

Thank you! I wish our Congressmen were as smart as FRiends !

And no, the Senate doesn’t read anything, they have to pass it before they can read it, like a fecal exam!