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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Republicans threaten to slow efforts to fund federal agencies, deliver aid to Ukraine
With a deadline looming next week to avoid a government shutdown, GOP concerns over federal spending and vaccine mandates imperil funding billThe early warnings, delivered in two letters to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), could slow lawmakers time-sensitive work as Russias incursion into Ukraine is intensifying all while Washington faces a March 11 deadline to fund federal agencies and avoid a government shutdown.
In the first letter, sent Thursday, eight GOP lawmakers complained that families are feeling the pressure of skyrocketing prices, which they blamed on reckless government spending. In response, they said they cannot allow another massive spending package to be rushed through Congress without proper consideration and scrutiny.
The letter demanded appropriate time to read and review any funding bill. It also called for an official analysis by the Congressional Budget Office to assess the impact of the legislation on inflation and the federal debt. And it signaled that Senate Republicans could withhold their votes if their terms are not met, potentially slowing debate to a crawl.
***Paywall***https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/03/05/republicans-federal-spending-ukraine-vaccines/
texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)sheshe2
(83,762 posts)SMDH
spanone
(135,832 posts)Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)GOP aids Russia.
members getting $$$$$$$$$$$$$ from a murderous mafia state thug.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Just read pension funds have $800 million. How much Western capital is invested in Russian ventures? This should be known, seems to me. How much are valuations shifting? Who is winning or losing how much?
Meanwhile, most people are more concerned with immediate needs:
Link to tweet
spanone
(135,832 posts)orwell
(7,773 posts)...Stop the Squeal!
Budi
(15,325 posts)highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)"It's 1894 here."
😕
NICHOLAS ll
Ultimately, progress was undermined by Nicholas's commitment to autocratic rule, strong aristocratic opposition and defeats sustained by the Russian military in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I.
By March 1917, public support for Nicholas had collapsed and he was forced to abdicate the throne, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty's 304-year rule of Russia (16131917).
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)sheshe2
(83,762 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)Kaleva
(36,301 posts)They may be able to slow things s bit but because they are so few, they can be swept aside.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,985 posts)Bettie
(16,109 posts)no Democratic senators throw in with them.
That isn't a given by any means.
ETA: It's pretty clear that most of the GQP work for people other than the citizens who elected them.