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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:04 PM Friday

Democrats dig in against GOP budget strategy, heightening odds of shutdown

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on GOP leaders over federal funding, drawing firmer red lines against the Republicans’ budget plans and elevating the chances of a government shutdown at the end of the month.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Wednesday that House Democrats are likely to reject a Republican funding package that keeps spending largely at current levels, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is forecasting.

And across the Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) voiced a similar warning, saying none of the plans being floated by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) would have the Democratic support to pass through the upper chamber.

“What the Republicans have proposed is not good enough to meet the needs of the American people,” Schumer said, “and not good enough to get our votes.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democrats-dig-against-gop-budget-100000638.html

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Republicans went nuclear with judge confirmations. Time for Dems to be OBSTINATE. bucolic_frolic Friday #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. Republicans went nuclear with judge confirmations. Time for Dems to be OBSTINATE.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:10 PM
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Obliterate is not the only "O" word.

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