Repug CTDs gearing up for an April 28th production release

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Yes, the Repug clown car full of Crash Test Dummies is working on their next slapstick production. Will it be another blobbed continuing resolution to get to the end of the fiscal year? Or will it be 12 spending bills? Will we see another shut down? Will they try to shove a Wall into the production; and if so, will the Dums filibuster? If the Repug leadership sucks the Frito Caucus’ ass with defunding Planned Parenthood, will the Dums filibuster? In the mean time, will they have time to work on their tax cut circle jerk in a parallel production?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...-shutdown-crisis-seems-to-be-approaching.html

This is the reality Mike Allen is likely reflecting in a dire prediction today:

“A top Republican with close ties to the White House tells me that after the GOP failure on healthcare, a government shutdown — looming when a continuing resolution runs out April 28 — is “more likely than not … Wall Street is not expecting a shutdown and the markets are unprepared.””

It’s the long-standing GOP commitment to “defund” Planned Parenthood that is the problem most likely to produce a shutdown. A number of conservatives (including Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney) have pledged never to vote for an appropriations measure that allows federal funds to go to the embattled women’s health organization.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/28/shutdown-threat-returns-after-obamacare-meltdown.html

In this year’s budget battle, Ryan will likely need Democratic support, which will be tough to get if Republicans try to use the package to defund Planned Parenthood and seek spending cuts elsewhere. All this comes before debate even begins over the budget plan for next year, which Trump wants to include billions more for the military, and a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

And any compromise on spending cuts will almost certainly spark opposition from the Freedom Caucus.

“Republicans have always needed help from the Democrats,” Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House’ second-ranking Democrat, said Tuesday. “They never came up with … votes on their own.”

He and Cole agreed this week on at least one point: that GOP-led House committees should have agreed months ago on spending bills.

“They had time to figure it out,” Hoyer said. “They haven't figured it out.”

 

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Being a computer guy the first thing I thought of for CTD was crash-to-desktop. (As in abruptly exit with no error message.)

It would be nice if some of those repugs did that.

 

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Yeah, a face plant into their bowl of milk and Cheatos, that would work.

And now the more mellow McCain says he might filibuster if he doesn't get any money for his jobs program...DoD:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/john-mccain-cr-continuing-resolution-shutdown/index.html

The Arizona Republican told CNN he wouldn't vote for a continuing resolution, a funding bill that maintains the previous spending levels. When asked how far he would go, McCain said he only had one vote, but that he wouldn't rule out a shutdown.
"If that's the only option. I will not vote for a CR no matter what the consequences because passing a CR destroys the ability of the military to defend this nation, and it puts the lives of the men and women in the military at risk," McCain said. "I can't do that to them."

Threats of a shutdown from so many directions....