I think their hope was that this strategy would engineer a shutdown: that Senate Democrats would block passage because of the specific provisions designed to upset Democrats. (Matt Yglesias’s theory is that the DC provision was specifically designed to anger Dem *staffers* and create a “hothouse” environment that made it painful for Democrats to allow cloture.)
I think their hope was that this strategy would engineer a shutdown: that Senate Democrats would block passage because of the specific provisions designed to upset Democrats. (Matt Yglesias’s theory is that the DC provision was specifically designed to anger Dem *staffers* and create a “hothouse” environment that made it painful for Democrats to allow cloture.)
The fear in DC is that the likelihood of Collins-sponsored standalone DC-budget-fix bill being passed in the House (on or after March 24th) is slim to none. In other words, the concern is that the DC budget fix is a sham despite Collins’ words about Trump and Rep. Cole’s support. Why on earth would Johnson play ball if he didn’t last Tuesday at a committee amendment hearing? This wrenching of budget control from DC (and attempt to pass it off as a mistake) has been maddening this week in DC. Why has there been no reporting on this poison pill speculation? It’s treated like a mistake by WaPo, representatives, etc. I say this especially as a resident and parent of school kids in DC. I’m not a staffer or involved in federal or local government and there were a lot of us worked up and trying to get this fixed, showing up at the Capitol on Thursday. Is some control board-like disciplining of DC’s limited political autonomy in the works?
I think their hope was that this strategy would engineer a shutdown: that Senate Democrats would block passage because of the specific provisions designed to upset Democrats. (Matt Yglesias’s theory is that the DC provision was specifically designed to anger Dem *staffers* and create a “hothouse” environment that made it painful for Democrats to allow cloture.)
The fear in DC is that the likelihood of Collins-sponsored standalone DC-budget-fix bill being passed in the House (on or after March 24th) is slim to none. In other words, the concern is that the DC budget fix is a sham despite Collins’ words about Trump and Rep. Cole’s support. Why on earth would Johnson play ball if he didn’t last Tuesday at a committee amendment hearing? This wrenching of budget control from DC (and attempt to pass it off as a mistake) has been maddening this week in DC. Why has there been no reporting on this poison pill speculation? It’s treated like a mistake by WaPo, representatives, etc. I say this especially as a resident and parent of school kids in DC. I’m not a staffer or involved in federal or local government and there were a lot of us worked up and trying to get this fixed, showing up at the Capitol on Thursday. Is some control board-like disciplining of DC’s limited political autonomy in the works?