Posted on 08/08/2026 3:54:56 AM PDT by cotton1706
The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning after passing a bill to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general.
Senate Republicans also agreed to set aside — for the moment — President Trump’s demand to approve another budget resolution to pave the way for tens of billions of dollars in new military spending and to pass the SAVE America Act.
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John Thune's TOP priority was getting to the summer recess.
Intentionally dither from January till summer. That was the game plan.
I hate John Thune at the same level I hate terrorists. I wish every evil imaginable upon him. May he spontaneously combust. This is sabotage at the most naked level and I cannot understand why he wants to see his country returned to the Left. The hatred I feel can’t be politely described.
Tillis made sure Kari Lake was not nominated. Bye bye dirtbag!
This is a multiple choice question. The answers to choose from:
A) Blackmail
B) Bribery
C) TDS
D) All of the above
Swamp creatures. If it were up to me... they’d wish Hamas had gotten them instead.
Recess is a euphemism for paid vacation.
If it was up to me I’d convene a Convention Of States and use it repeal the 17th amendment which was the direct election of Senators.
....”...The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning ....”
a five-week recess...??!! do these dirtbags work so hard
they need a five-week break...?? how many of us in the
private sector ever enjoy a five-week break from our
jobs (and don’t forget...these legislators only work [sic]
Tuesdays through Thurdays anyway...)....
The 17th amendment is better than the state legislature picking them.
Is this a real recess, ie. one that allows Trump recess appointments? Or is it a fake one with someone staying behind to hold pro-forma sessions just long enough to block them. If the latter, maybe Mike Lee and a friend could sneak into one of those sessions and pass Save Act by unanimous consent. Just need to suborn one RINO gatekeeper to not make a quorum call. Two other options, which at least deserve Truth Social attention. Trump could use his constitutional power to either make it a real recess, or to drag them all back and force them into session. Don’t recall when those powers were last used, but they’re written into the constitution.
One more: Sedition.
Why have a Senate then? The Senate was created to ensure that the state governments had control. With the direct election of Senators they lost that control . The whole point of State Governments is to do the things that the Constitution denied to the Federal Government. All of this centralization into the District of criminals has created a debt of 30 trillions dollars and growing!
Any actual DOGE CUTS yes CUTS in that bill. naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. That would be like hard work.
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