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pat_k

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1. They are desperate to make Dems accomplices to the most unpopular budget ever.

Reply to pandr32 (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:26 AM

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They could easily "go nuclear" and get rid of the filibuster for budget resolutions and pass it themselves. But they are loathe to do that.

No that any budget matters a damn with this regime spending and withholding on it's own whims.

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