[SeekAndFind]

The House has passed legislation calling for $25 billion in new funding for the Postal Service, but the White House has supported only $10 billion.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Isn’t the August congressional recess over? Hopefully this all gets resolved well before the Sept 30 deadline. Nobody wins or benefits, politically or otherwise, from another government shutdown.

Hopefully Nancy negotiates in good faith. Hopefully she doesn’t have to run off to the beauty shop before the deadline, and can stay focused on the task at hand.

[SeekAndFind]

Some Democrats want a CR that would keep the government running until March, hoping to flip the Senate, which would allow the left to cram billions of dollars in spending into the bill.

This Report from The Hill:

The duration of the CR is not clear at this point, but the most likely option is that the government will be funded until December, when Congress would need to return for a lame-duck session to pass another short-term bill to fund the government into 2021.

The sources familiar with the talks said it’s possible any coronavirus relief deal reached this month could still hitch a ride on the CR but emphasized the items would run on separate tracks.

In this atmosphere of hate and distrust, anything is possible. Democrats would welcome a shutdown if they could be assured blame would fall on Trump and the Republicans. Some Republicans may wish to make a statement about the $3.5 trillion budget deficit the government has already run up and vote against a short-term CR.

[butlerweave]

Keep the Salon Pressure on her

[bigbob]

Pelosi just want him out of her hair.

[Alberta's Child]

Any measure that detaches any form of COVID relief funding from a larger spending bill is a huge cave on Pelosi’s part. Up until now, she has refused to consider stand-alone relief bills because she knows damn well that many of the measures coming out of the House have no support outside deep “blue” areas of the country.

Heck — Trump is polling very well in Minnesota right now AFTER his administration rejected a request from the governor for FEMA funding to rebuild Minneapolis.

[9YearLurker]

PPP is the second biggest scam they’re running, after the Fed shenanigans. And guv funding? With state and local guvs paying full boat for all their employees taking the year off?

[9YearLurker]

Also, zero reason to dump billions on the PO. If 100 million mail-in ballots are gonna cost money, the cheaters cranking them out ought to at least pay for it.

[NTHockey]

No bill will be passed. Giveaway? Article says”practical heads will prevail”. Like Diogenes searching for an honest man, finding a practical Congress critter is domed.

[wiseprince]

Silly, not like you could efficiently spend 25 billion dollars to help with the election

[ducttape45]

Hey! Where’s the funding I need to get a new gas tank on my car?? Come on Nancy, pony up the dough!

[Vermont Lt]

If they don’t get something done, hundreds of thousands jobs will be lost in mid to late October. Many of these will be airline associated.

The Dems would love that...having unemployment jump before the election.

I doubt we will see “much” without direct payments to the states to make up “tax losses.” That will be the “code” for state bailouts.

[Maris Crane]

I’m shocked Nasty is still Speaker.

[wastedyears]

They’re never for a “clean” anything.

[catnipman]

if Pelosi is being even semi-reasonable, it’s because theirinternal polling is showing that the Dems are totally F**ked, and blaming the Pubs ain’t working ...

[mrsmith]

The “deal” is that the government will be kept running even while the Dems keep their knee on the throat of Americans needing virus relief.

“Politics ain’t beanbag”. Thousands and thousands of suffering Americans are no problem for the Dems- the media will always hide their role.