Posted on 03/14/2025 12:33:40 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Senate is finding itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare Friday. Democrats have only painful options: allow passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions, or vote no and give Trump free rein. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration before making clear he will not allow a government shutdown.
Also Friday, it’s Trump’s move now that two federal judges handed down orders Thursday requiring his administration to rehire thousands of probationary federal workers let go in mass firings. Trump also plans a Justice Department rally for what he’s calling a tough-on-crime agenda. And his Education secretary announced probes of more than 50 schools for alleged racial discrimination as part of Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.
Here’s the Latest:
Pelosi warns Senate Democrats it’s ‘unacceptable’ not to fight GOP funding bill
In a scathing rebuke to Senate leadership, the House Speaker Emerita said Trump and Musk are offering a false choice between the bill and a shutdown.
Instead Rep. Nancy Pelosi is imploring Senate Democrats to “listen to the women” — top Democratic appropriators Sen. Patty Murry and Sen. Rosa DeLauro — and fight in favor of their 30-day stopgap plan. “We must fight back for a better way,” she said.
Notably, Pelosi’s statement mentions Trump’s first-term shutdown, which was the longest in history when Democrats refused to provide funding for his promised U.S-Mexico border wall.
“America has experienced a Trump shutdown before — but this damaging legislation only makes matters worse,” Pelosi said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Nancy Pelosi is imploring Senate Democrats to “listen to the women” and handing out free drinks too I’ll bet.
Democrats know the value of owning winos.
Tommy Tuberville is expecting “10 to 12” Democrat votes for cloture (quoted in the last 5 minutes via radio interview).
Thanks for the Tuberville update.
“Sen. Rosa DeLauro”.
Rosa DeLauro is not a senator (thank God).
Just saying.
“Also Friday, it’s Trump’s move now that two federal judges handed down orders Thursday requiring his administration to rehire thousands of probationary federal workers let go in mass firings. Trump also plans a Justice Department rally for what he’s calling a tough-on-crime agenda.”
Judges with no authority over the Executive branch.
Perhaps too much vodka or dementia.
Detailed analysis from a previous thread—for any who have not seen it:
the proper forum for such disputes is the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The reason it was created was to keep such disputes over federal personnel policy out of the courts.
It has resolved many thousands of such disputes over decades.
The leftists decided to skip over proper administrative procedure—and they found a judge who was good with that.
This is why the case is stupid and will fail.
Here is an article from the Los Angeles Times that explains the process:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-13/legal-rights-federal-employees-complaints
Key quotes:
“Four federal judges in recent weeks have tossed out large lawsuits brought by unions and others representing federal employees, saying the courts lack power to block layoffs”
“The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created an administrative agency inside the government to hear complaints from federal workers who say they have been wrongly demoted or discharged. And the Supreme Court said this agency provides the “exclusive forum” to decide those claims, not an independent federal court.”
“Citing that procedural rule, four federal judges in recent weeks have tossed out large lawsuits brought by unions and others representing employees.
Judges voiced regret but said they “lacked subject matter jurisdiction” to hear the complaints or to rule on the legality of the firings.”
“But judges are “duty-bound to decide legal issues based on even-handed application of law and precedent — no matter the identity of the litigants”
This one wackadoodle judge ignored decades of precedent and four other judge’s rulings in the past month.
This judge has committed gross judicial misconduct.
This question was settled in 1867, Mississippi Vs President Johnson........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_v._Johnson
“Nancy Pelosi is imploring Senate Democrats to “listen to the women” and handing out free drinks too I’ll bet.
Democrats know the value of owning winos.”
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I’m sure they’re offering a LOT more than that, IYKWIM.
All the more, they know the value of using sextortion.
Define ‘women’, Nancy.
This coming from someone who can't even tell us what a woman is!
Getting rid of folks as a down sizing function does not require a reason.
More like the House Speaker Enema...
Cloture vote happening now—CSPAN 2.
Is it going to pass?
Vote is 60 to 31 in favor of cloture so far.
This is done.
I saw Ted Cruz cast the 60th vote.
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