It’s worth pointing out that Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress, so they can end the impasse any time they want, all on their own.
@lisagetspolitik well I don't want to jump to conclusions here, as a Brit, but it's almost as if they don't want to, isn't it.
The problem is that going nuclear and overriding the Democratic vote against proceeding to funding will lead to serious consequences, as it did when that option was taken with regard to judicial nominees.
The current state of the judiciary in the US came out of a party doing exactly this, overriding the minority party's traditional power of objection.
They CAN end the impasse by changing Senate rules, but blowing up that dam is a seriously consequential proposal.
@volkris @capnthommo As if they care about consequences!!
If they cared about consequences, they wouldn't have passed the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" which torpedoed so much of the American safety net, and will anger constituents when it takes effect.
You're assuming that they know the consequences. These people are really really dumb, and they have some misguided theories about the consequences of their proposals.
They do care about consequences! The problem is, they don't know what the consequences will be.
Evidence of that is how often they shoot themselves in the feet by engaging in strategies that defeat their own interests.
If they knew what the consequences would be, they wouldn't do so much self-defeating stuff.
