History has shown that the Republican Party lacks a spine when dealing with the far left Democrats. They fluster and bluster and all fall down like a Jenga puzzle with the wrong piece pulled. It seems, with all of their education, the Republicans aren’t very bright. There is a way to win in this battle over the stopgap funding bill the Dems refuse to vote for unless the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits funding is extended beyond the end of this year.
These credits were intended to be temporary and were deemed necessary in 2021 due to the effects of the COVID19 plandemic unleashed on the world by China. They were never supposed to be a permanent cost increase on the American taxpayer or, worse yet, increased deficit spending for the benefit of a select few.
With the Democrat Party refusing to vote on the continuing resolution, the Republicans could take the opportunity to actually pass a long overdue budget. Nearly three decades ago the last regular appropriations were enacted before the start of fiscal year 1997, all other budget appropriations required at least one CR to allow time for the budget to be passed. Nearly all recent budgets have required what is known as an “omnibus bill” where several appropriations bills are packaged together and passed by Congress.
The Republicans should take this opportunity to pass a FY2026 budget with significant cuts to the federal government. Furloughed federal employees should be terminated as a cost-cutting measure to reduce the nearly $2,000,000,000,000 deficit the government adds to the nation’s debt each year. Servicing the 37 Trillion national debt cost an additional 1 Trillion.
The question you are probably asking is, ” How can Congress pass a budget if they can’t pass a continuing resolution?”. The answer is that a budget, unlike a CR, could be passed using reconciliation. A simple majority in the Senate, instead of 60 votes, would allow a budget to be passed. The Republican Party needs to go to the Wizard and receive some courage, tell the Democrats to “pound sand”, and push through a true budget for the nation and it’s citizens.
The more likely scenario is that the Republicans will roll over and allow the American people to be screwed by the Democrats…again.
…more to come