Senate Proposes Stopgap Spending Bill that Defends Ukraine's Borders But Not Our Own; McCarthy Says He Will Not Allow the House to Vote on It

The Senate has unveiled a bill with bipartisan support that would keep the U.S. government funded until Nov. 17 while Congress negotiates a permanent spending deal.
The Senate's bill includes over $6 billion in funding for Ukraine as aid during its war against Russia, as well as provisions to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and protect federal workers from being dismissed.
"[T]his legislation prevents a shutdown, keeps our government funded, and provides ... support [for] Ukraine at a pivotal moment in its defensive efforts against Putin," Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray wrote.
The Senate's bipartisan continuing resolution to fund the government after Sept. 30 contains additional funding to aid Ukraine, provisions to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and protections for federal workers in the case of a potential shutdown, according to its text.

This "compromise," however, contains no funding for border security. We continue to defend Ukraine's borders while leaving our own wide-open.

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The bill has not yet been passed by the Senate. Unlike earlier legislation brokered by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida between the Freedom Caucus and the Main Street Caucus, a moderate Republican group, the bill does not include specific border security provisions, which were part of the "Secure The Border Act" passed by the House earlier this year.

McCarthy says there is little appetite for passing a Democrat/RINO wish-list funding bill.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of the House GOP conference Wednesday morning that he will not bring the Senate's bipartisan continuing resolution to the floor for a vote.
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told reporters after a closed-door House GOP conference meeting that McCarthy informed lawmakers during the gathering that he will not bring the upper chamber's legislation to the floor for a vote, even after the Senate voted to advance it in a bipartisan fashion Tuesday night.
"I don't think he plans to do that," Good said when asked about bringing the Senate stopgap bill up for a vote. "He reiterated that this morning. I called on him to consistently say that to the public, let the Senate know that's dead on arrival and that there's no way the House would pass that bill."
Pressed on if McCarthy told the conference that he will not bring up the Senate legislation, Good responded, "That's exactly right."
A second House Republican confirmed to The Hill that McCarthy said he would not bring the measure to the floor for a vote.
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Asked about the Senate proposal following Wednesday's conference meeting, McCarthy told reporters: "I don't see the support in the House."
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said the legislation "is dead over here," referring to the House.
"First of all, you continue spending, you have $6.2 billion for Ukraine, they do nothing to secure our southern border. That is just a nonstarter," he said. "The Senate needs to get real."

Jake Tapper actually bothered to pretend to be a journalist and asked Representative Dildo if the border was secure or not. Quite a little adventure in verbal evasion then ensued, reports John Sexton.

CNN's Jake Tapper had squad member Pressley on his show yesterday to talk about the looming government shutdown. That discussion then transitioned into one about border security because, as Tapper noted, the Senate compromise bill doesn't contain funding for border security. Tapper noted that there definitely was a crisis at the border saying, "More than 7.7 million people have fled Venezuela; there's no sign this is slowing down. Do you agree that something needs to be done about our border?" Tapper then pointed to the busloads of migrants being sent to blue cities by southern governors.
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Pressley said she disagreed with using people "as political pawns" and that's when she went off the rails. "No doubt about it, our border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis," she said. You can actually see a moment of surprise on Tapper's face when she says this and then he seems to be uncertain if he heard her correctly.
"You think the border is secure or it is not secure?" Tapper asked.
Pressley then went into a dodge of an answer about needing more federal support for the humanitarian crisis at the border, which wasn't what Tapper asked. After filibustering for a while, she tried to shrug it off saying "That is a conversation for another day."
Tapper wasn't willing to let it go: "Do you think the border is secure? Is that what you said?"
"Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied, essentially repeating the same jumble of talking points. She tried to refocus the discussion on the government shutdown but again Tapper wouldn't let it go.
"If you have millions of undocumented migrants coming into the country, how is the border secure?" he pressed.

Hit the link for more.

Now, I don't think Jake Tapper is acting as anything other that a political partisan here. What he's doing is representing the Hillary Clinton/Corporate Faction of the Democrat Party, trying to warn the Marxist extremist faction that they're about to take the Democrat Party over the cliff if they do not give a little on some of these toxically unpopular extremist positions.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 28, 2023 05:31 PM (Q4IgG)

2 The Keeev Caucus is in control.

Kickback Caucus

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 28, 2023 05:31 PM (llON8)

3 How could McCarthy refuse to vote on such a fine Senate suggestion?
This doesn't sound like the McCarthy we know and well not that...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 28, 2023 05:32 PM (Y79pC)

4 Fuck Ukraine.

Posted by: Peaches at September 28, 2023 05:32 PM (14URa)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 28, 2023 05:32 PM (T4tVD)

6 Done called 'em

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 28, 2023 05:33 PM (Q4IgG)

7 Gaetz making inroads. Keep it up Matt!

Posted by: DanMan at September 28, 2023 05:33 PM (8uzBS)

8 Senate Proposes Stopgap Spending Bill that Defends Ukraine's Borders But Not Our Own; McCarthy Says He Will Not Allow the House to Vote on It

The Keeev Caucus is in control.

I'm confused. This sounds like a good thing. Why are we mad at McCarthy?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 28, 2023 05:34 PM (I/Qkd)

9 >>> 7 Gaetz making inroads. Keep it up Matt!
Posted by: DanMan at September 28, 2023 05:33 PM (8uzBS)

You can say that again.

Posted by: Madison Cornbread at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (llON8)

10 Tapper always has a facial expression on that says, "I just took the world's least satisfying shit." I know he thinks it conveys sobriety, circumspection, gravitas. But it just says, "My stool is so loose it's like corn chowder."

Posted by: Jake's Colon Supports the Troops at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (ppBhU)

11 The amount of laundered grift running through Ukraine makes the covid op look like a five-and-dime by comparison.

It will continue until it's no longer profitable to Congress.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (Q4IgG)

12 That bald-headed bint in the Tapper clip is in 3 out of every 4 TV commercials. Nice smirk. The "abortion justice" poster is also perfect.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (bNf8H)

13 Hey Matt? Call me.

Posted by: Nancy Mace at September 28, 2023 05:36 PM (PiwSw)

14 McCarthy says there is little appetite for passing a Democrat/RINO wish-list funding bill.
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Was his next sentence "But we'll manage to choke it down like we always do." ?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 28, 2023 05:36 PM (fs1hN)

15 Bald headed black chicks are tight.

Posted by: DOYLE at September 28, 2023 05:36 PM (Z8Yh2)

16 Speaking of Ukraine, what happened to the world's sexiest military spokeshim?

Posted by: I hunger for the news at September 28, 2023 05:36 PM (ppBhU)

17 "Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied

It's rare to encounter two mutually exclusive "thoughts" in the same sentence. Marlin Perkins would be impressed.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 28, 2023 05:37 PM (I/Qkd)

18 This is all you need to know to understand this apparent inconsistency: Democrats and their donors get rich when we defend Ukraine’s borders. These same people get rich when we don’t defend ours.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 28, 2023 05:37 PM (7tkki)

19 Hey Matt? Call me.

Posted by: Nancy Mace at September 28, 2023 05:36 PM (PiwSw)

Baby, she doesn't have time for that.

Posted by: She has to get streetside for prayer breakfasting at September 28, 2023 05:38 PM (ppBhU)

20 If they're still taking money out of your paycheck, then they're not shut down.

Posted by: Simple Test at September 28, 2023 05:38 PM (2r4U7)

21
If you don't secure your back door at night and ten migrants come into your house, steal your food, rape your peeps, I call you a dumb ass.

Some math is involved to extrapolate this.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 28, 2023 05:38 PM (enJYY)

22 >>"Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied
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Nothing fosters security like crisis. They go hand-in-hand.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 28, 2023 05:38 PM (bNf8H)

23 McCarthy's nuts dropped?

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 05:39 PM (v0R5T)

24 >>Why are we mad at McCarthy?

Not mad. Glad Gaetz is getting him on his side.

Posted by: DanMan at September 28, 2023 05:39 PM (8uzBS)

25 If you don't secure your back door at night and ten migrants come into your house, steal your food, rape your peeps, I call you a dumb ass.

That's why I don't secure my backdoor.

Posted by: Petey Buttjudge at September 28, 2023 05:39 PM (ppBhU)

26 Old and Busted: Safe, legal, and rare
New Hotness: Justice

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 28, 2023 05:39 PM (PiwSw)

27 I know this is quaint but do not all spending bills originate in the House. Why is Schumer sending anything over?

Posted by: Jen the original at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (+CRHB)

28 Nothing says reparations and love than looting 18 liquor stores in Philly...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (TGPs7)

29 Who put the senate in charge of proposing spending bills?

Posted by: huerfano at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (cs21Z)

30 21
If you don't secure your back door at night and ten migrants come into your house, steal your food, rape your peeps, I call you a dumb ass.

Some math is involved to extrapolate this.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 28, 2023 05:38 PM (enJYY)

Raping Easter candy is just uncalled for.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (eYoxG)

31 I know this is off topic but what's the worst that would happen if Congress and the Senate were dissolved? Has Chuck Schumer ever done anything of value?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 28, 2023 05:42 PM (VdGjU)

32 "Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system,"

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and by "broken system" she means "left-wing NGOs moving migrants from Central/South America to the border in order to create a humanitarian crisis".

Posted by: Cave Johnson at September 28, 2023 05:43 PM (S0soJ)

33 Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied
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Pressley? Is that Alopecia Pressley?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:43 PM (YqDXo)

34 31 I know this is off topic but what's the worst that would happen if Congress and the Senate were dissolved? Has Chuck Schumer ever done anything of value?

massive celebrations; new patriotic holiday?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 28, 2023 05:43 PM (AcWfM)

35 Peep Raper sounds like some kind of fucked up anime.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at September 28, 2023 05:43 PM (yD5PF)

36 31 I know this is off topic but what's the worst that would happen if Congress and the Senate were dissolved? Has Chuck Schumer ever done anything of value?
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 28, 2023 05:42 PM (VdGjU)

Like in acid?

Kidding aside I'm not sure things would be that different. The bureaucracy would still run things. Spending would arguably be higher.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 28, 2023 05:44 PM (eYoxG)

37 Who put the senate in charge of proposing spending bills?
Posted by: huerfano at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (cs21Z)

They did, once they figured out they can do pretty much whatever they want and nobody's going to stop them.

Posted by: Vanya at September 28, 2023 05:44 PM (v27SO)

38 >>"Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied,

Leftists have decided facts and truth don't matter.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 28, 2023 05:44 PM (ZLI7S)

39

Hang on tight.
Our country is in for a rough ride.

Posted by: Bach in Black at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (dBoDT)

40 Tapper always has a facial expression on that says, "I just took the world's least satisfying shit." I know he thinks it conveys sobriety, circumspection, gravitas. But it just says, "My stool is so loose it's like corn chowder."
Posted by: Jake's Colon Supports the Troops at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (ppBhU)
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Interesting. I've always thought he looks like he's constipated.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (YqDXo)

41 Skeevy Keeevies.

Posted by: Banana Fofana at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (DZrNt)

42 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

NYC is distributing flyers at the border to discourage illegals from coming to NY

The flyers instruct them to go to "a more affordable city"

Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (NpAcC)

43 Ain't no caucus like a Keeev Caucus, cause a Keeev Caucus just don't stop!

Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (krQz2)

44 Peep Raper sounds like some kind of fucked up anime.
Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living

I saw Peep Raper open for Marcy Playground and Woodstock 2.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 28, 2023 05:46 PM (ftFVW)

45 Ace, I'm not where I can link it, but it's in JJs thread. Ctl+f cbs and it will take you to the link.

McCarthy and the republicans stripped the e-verify requirement from their CR. They want the illegals here just as much as the (D)s

Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 28, 2023 05:46 PM (UOx/4)

46 Who put the senate in charge of proposing spending bills?

Posted by: huerfano at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (cs21Z)

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The Junta and K Street ...but mostly K Street.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 28, 2023 05:46 PM (dEoCP)

47 If the Senate was dissolved the regional governors would answer directly to the emporer.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at September 28, 2023 05:46 PM (yD5PF)

48 Who put the senate in charge of proposing spending bills?
Posted by: huerfano at September 28, 2023 05:41 PM (cs21Z)
.......

Z-dog?

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 05:46 PM (v0R5T)

49 Tapper always has a facial expression on that says, "I just took the world's least satisfying shit."

Posted by: Jake's Colon Supports the Troops at September 28, 2023 05:35 PM (ppBhU)
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"It was still gigantic, but still not enough".

Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (krQz2)

50 42 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

NYC is distributing flyers at the border to discourage illegals from coming to NY

The flyers instruct them to go to "a more affordable city"
Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (NpAcC)

So we just need flyers talking about all the benefits that NYC gives out and that they're a sanctuary city.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (eYoxG)

51 Interesting. I've always thought he looks like he's constipated.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Nah, constipated is the Bill Kristol smile.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (ftFVW)

52 Now, I don't think Jake Tapper is acting as anything other that a political partisan here. What he's doing is representing the Hillary Clinton/Corporate Faction of the Democrat Party, trying to warn the Marxist extremist faction that they're about to take the Democrat Party over the cliff if they do not give a little on some of these toxically unpopular extremist positions.
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The Dems are in a no-win scenario if they are being honest with themselves (like that will ever happen). They *know* they cannot win any debates over immigration strictly on the merits. They can't even pound the table anymore.

If they give even an inch, their rabid base will eat them alive, and I'm not sure that's even metaphorical at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (BpYfr)

53 >>Who put the senate in charge of proposing spending bills?

Obama - see Obamacare

Posted by: DanMan at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (8uzBS)

54 The Senate has unveiled a bill with bipartisan support
........

BOHICA

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (v0R5T)

55 NYC is distributing flyers at the border to discourage illegals from coming to NY

The flyers instruct them to go to "a more affordable city"
Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (NpAcC)
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If you get everything free, EVERYWHERE is affordable.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:48 PM (YqDXo)

56 What he's doing is representing the Hillary Clinton/Corporate Faction of the Democrat Party, trying to warn the Marxist extremist faction that they're about to take the Democrat Party over the cliff if they do not give a little on some of these toxically unpopular extremist positions.

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The Kalorama and Messican cartels beg to differ. And yes, throw the GOPe into that mix also

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 28, 2023 05:48 PM (BdMk6)

57 The Skeevy Keevy and Groovy Ghoulie show.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at September 28, 2023 05:48 PM (yD5PF)

58 NYC is distributing flyers at the border to discourage illegals from coming to NY

The flyers instruct them to go to "a more affordable city"

Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (NpAcC)
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It's the concern that's so touching.

Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (krQz2)

59 .

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (BdMk6)

60 She forgot to blame the climate crisis. Better review the Dem talking points more.

Posted by: Ripley at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (PTDkx)

61 It doesn't matter if Congress passes a budget that has money for defending the US-Mexico border. Biden Won't Build Anything.

He'd probably find a way to spend that money on giving illegals internet access or something.

Posted by: comradearthur at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (sHuIA)

62 Did she, uh... forget her wig?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 28, 2023 05:50 PM (MeG8a)

63 NYC is distributing flyers at the border to discourage illegals from coming to NY

The flyers instruct them to go to "a more affordable city"

Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:45 PM (NpAcC)
________________

"If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere
It's up to you, New York, New York ..."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:50 PM (YqDXo)

64 Fuck Ukraine.
Posted by: Peaches

^^^^^That right there^^^^^

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 28, 2023 05:50 PM (c2rrQ)

65 Or maybe they would answer to the emperor instead.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at September 28, 2023 05:50 PM (yD5PF)

66 Aren't all spending bills supposed to originate in the House? I know, I know, thw Constitution. Is like over 100 years old and all..

Posted by: KJP is a race and gender swapped Side Show Bob at September 28, 2023 05:51 PM (QpUKb)

67 Congressional Republicans fight for conservative values like I dress.

Posted by: John Fetterman at September 28, 2023 05:51 PM (fKIdX)

68 Keep my represnativ name out-cho mouth!

Posted by: Fresh Prince, the Tapper Slapper at September 28, 2023 05:51 PM (wzAuc)

69
If you get everything free, EVERYWHERE is affordable.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:48 PM (YqDXo)
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The Massachussettes barracks were.

Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:51 PM (krQz2)

70 It's the concern that's so touching.
Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (krQz2)

"Oh, you'd love it here, sweetie, but I think maybe something a bit more... Economical? Might be right for you? I mean, we'd *love* to have you in the neighborhood, but you know, your husband has that Chevy Silver... Truck, and Daniel, you know, we have the Denali, and the MacPhersons up the road have their Range Rovers... Darling, I just don't know if it would really fit into the atmosphere...."

Posted by: Vanya at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (v27SO)

71 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.

Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)

72 >>> 66 Aren't all spending bills supposed to originate in the House? I know, I know, thw Constitution. Is like over 100 years old and all..
Posted by: KJP is a race and gender swapped Side Show Bob at September 28, 2023 05:51 PM (QpUKb)

*tee hee*

Posted by: Continuing Resolutions at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (llON8)

73 So we just need flyers talking about all the benefits that NYC gives out and that they're a sanctuary city.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 28, 2023 05:47 PM (eYoxG)
*******
Si, mi amigo.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (NpAcC)

74
Maybe Frank Sinatra singing, 'New York, New York' should be played 24/7 at the border.

♪ If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you, New York, New York ♪

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (enJYY)

75 Looking at that shot of Pressley, you can almost hear the air as it passes into one ear and out the other. It has a distinct sound, like Obama's whistle when he says "s" words.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 28, 2023 05:53 PM (bNf8H)

76 Nice of McCarthy.

How long will he stand up to the incoming "Raaacist demon who shuts down precious gubbermint! REEEEE!" horde of attacks?

Posted by: GanGanowicz at September 28, 2023 05:53 PM (AxRGS)

77 71 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.
Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)

Usually it's under the table farm, construction, yardwork where laws don't matter.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 28, 2023 05:53 PM (eYoxG)

78 >>> 71 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.
Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)

Steal your groceries, clothing and other items in batches of less than $1000 dollars' value.

Posted by: CA Legislature at September 28, 2023 05:53 PM (llON8)

79 Someone needs to remind his Mitchness in the upper chamber that the U.S. Senate does not create budget bills. That role belongs exclusively to the U.S. House per the CONSTITUTION. So if I was McCarthy (which I wouldn't be, because I have a spine), I'd issue a statement that highlights McConnell's illegal power grab here. Somebody needs to put that SOB in his place!

Posted by: Tracy at September 28, 2023 05:53 PM (VcOSm)

80 Tapper always has a facial expression on that says, "I just took the world's least satisfying shit."

Looks to me like he has a turd stuck between his cheeks but can't get it to move any further.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 28, 2023 05:54 PM (VdGjU)

81 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: Felix Steiner at September 28, 2023 05:54 PM (w8j6z)

82 4 Fuck Ukraine.
Posted by: Peaches at September 28, 2023 05:32 PM (14URa)

Right on, sister. For that matter, Ukraine can fuck itself.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (OX9vb)

83 Looks to me like he has a turd stuck between his ~~cheeks~~shoulders but can't get it to move any further.
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 28, 2023 05:54 PM (VdGjU)
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Fixed.

Posted by: Axeman at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (krQz2)

84 71 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.
Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)
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Where gasoline is approaching $7/gal.

$20 an hour won't buy you $10 an hour.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (YqDXo)

85 The Senate usually takes some poor House bill and then "Amends it" by replacing it completely with their financing stuff... thereby technically this spending bill "originated" in the House because the original bill, like to name a post office in Kansas or something, did come from the House.

That's how they weasel around the spending bill originating in the House requirement. Have done this for probably over 200 years, I bet.

Posted by: GanGanowicz at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (AxRGS)

86 >>> 82 4 Fuck Ukraine.
Posted by: Peaches at September 28, 2023 05:32 PM (14URa)

Right on, sister. For that matter, Ukraine can fuck itself.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (OX9vb)

Why do you hate KEEEEV?!

Posted by: GOPe at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (llON8)

87 You are the turd between my cheeks...

Posted by: Sounds like a great song at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (2r4U7)

88 81 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: Felix Steiner at September 28, 2023 05:54 PM (w8j6z)

I do my best.

Posted by: Nancy Mace's "fiance" at September 28, 2023 05:56 PM (PiwSw)

89
Raping Easter candy is just uncalled for.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

Where did you think the filling in a twinkie or snowball or ding dong cums from?

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 28, 2023 05:56 PM (c2rrQ)

90 air as it passes

Y'know who else passed a lot of "air"?

Posted by: commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at September 28, 2023 05:56 PM (Ek9cT)

91 Fucking illegals drive down wages.

Posted by: Cesar Chavez at September 28, 2023 05:56 PM (Z8Yh2)

92 It doesn't matter if Congress passes a budget that has money for defending the US-Mexico border. Biden Won't Build Anything.

He'd probably find a way to spend that money on giving illegals internet access or something.
Posted by: comradearthur at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (sHuIA)

Absolutely. It will be used to speed up the processing of illegals into the country.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 28, 2023 05:57 PM (w8j6z)

93 It doesn't matter if Congress passes a budget that has money for defending the US-Mexico border. Biden Won't Build Anything.

He'd probably find a way to spend that money on giving illegals internet access or something.

Posted by: comradearthur at September 28, 2023 05:49 PM (sHuIA)

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He'd send it -- in the form of cash on pallets -- to the cartels in exchange for a new wave of fentanyl and child sex slaves ... but mostly, child sex slaves.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 28, 2023 05:57 PM (dEoCP)

94 Can't wait for the Ukrainian Christmas ornaments to drop.

Too soon?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 28, 2023 05:58 PM (Q4IgG)

95 4 Fuck Ukraine.

given how frequently youtube tries to sell me ukrainian women, there must be quite a bit of that going on.

Posted by: anachronda at September 28, 2023 05:58 PM (sGtp+)

96 84 Where gasoline is approaching $7/gal.

indeed. it's gone up sixty cents per gallon here in my neck of the lack of woods.

Posted by: anachronda at September 28, 2023 05:59 PM (sGtp+)

97 A question: Are the dems and deep staters really (and I mean REALLY) acting like they might lose the presidency to Trump?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 28, 2023 05:59 PM (BdMk6)

98 95. given how frequently youtube tries to sell me ukrainian women, there must be quite a bit of that going on.

What's the going rate for Ukrainian women and why don't I ever see these ads?

Posted by: GanGanowicz at September 28, 2023 05:59 PM (AxRGS)

99 as i recall, in 2009 the house passed an obama care bill, then the senate deleted and replaced everything except the title.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 28, 2023 06:00 PM (B1FKF)

100 I know this is off topic but what's the worst that would happen if Congress and the Senate were dissolved? Has Chuck Schumer ever done anything of value?

massive celebrations; new patriotic holiday?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 28, 2023 05:43 PM (AcWfM)

The Day They Hung the Lawyers

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 28, 2023 06:00 PM (w8j6z)

101
I hate Ukrainian Nazi's. Canadian one's too. Nice to see Poland is seeing extradition of the old Nazi fuck who got shelter in 'our northern neighbor' with Castro's kid in command.

How did we get here?

Posted by: Talking Heads at September 28, 2023 06:00 PM (enJYY)

102 The debt is skyrocketing and there is now an alternative to investing in the USA: BRICS. These fools in DC don't get it, won't get it until it's too late. I'm looking for alternatives before it's too late.

"How did you go bankrupt?"
"Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at September 28, 2023 06:00 PM (U9H4G)

103 Fuck Ukraine.
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Oh, yeah! Baby!

Posted by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Penis Pianist at September 28, 2023 06:01 PM (krQz2)

104 91 Fucking illegals drive down wages.
Posted by: Cesar Chavez at September 28, 2023 05:56 PM (Z8Yh2)

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and quite a lot down I-75, judging by the ladders I've seen on the shoulder.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at September 28, 2023 06:01 PM (wzAuc)

105 Right on, sister. For that matter, Ukraine can fuck itself.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (OX9vb)
........

I think they already did.

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:01 PM (v0R5T)

106 Should be interesting when all these military-age men pouring in get their work permits.

Will it finally dawn on the poor that the Dems despise them?

Posted by: PJ at September 28, 2023 06:02 PM (G1dq6)

107 How did we get here?
Posted by: Talking Heads

Letting the days go by
Letting the corruption flow

Same as it ever was

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 28, 2023 06:02 PM (fs1hN)

108 Hey Jake, don't be cruel to Pressley.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 28, 2023 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

109 Shame th e Russians are not coming over our borders and South Americas crossing into Ukraine

Posted by: Skip at September 28, 2023 06:03 PM (fwDg9)

110 If you get everything free, EVERYWHERE is affordable.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 28, 2023 05:48 PM (YqDXo)

/////

Perfect!!!

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at September 28, 2023 06:03 PM (U9H4G)

111 I read somewhere that Biden already sold all the wall materials for pennies on the dollar, and welded the doors open.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 28, 2023 06:03 PM (MeG8a)

112 McCarthy looks "brave" now but he will cave to something as bad as this

Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (bs+z0)

113
Hey, well, I'm the friendly stranger in the white AF1
Woncha hop inside my plane
I got pictures, I got candy, I'm a lovable man
And I can take you to the nearest star

I'm your vehicle, baby
I can take you anywhere you wanna go
I'm your vehicle little girl
By that I'm sure you know

I love ya (love ya)
I need ya (need ya)
I wants ya gots to have you child
Great God in heaven, you know I love you
(Oh you know I do)

Posted by: Joe From Scranton w a Dedication at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (enJYY)

114 Chicago just got a fresh wave of 27 buses filled with illegals.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but? at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (LccS3)

115
Senate, House of Representatives?

Are you aware that Executive Orders written by bureaucrats and signed by Joey are how the country is run now?

Shutdowns are too dangerous to be allowed now. An executive order will be issued to end it.

Posted by: Auspex at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (dxcsE)

116 That Pressley chick? Oddly familiar looking. Think I saw her on MTV.

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (v0R5T)

117 Hey Sen Murray.
You've got something like 25,000 troops in your state. How many of them are you willing to sacrifice in Ukraine?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (uSHSS)

118 Chicago just got a fresh wave of 27 buses filled with illegals.
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but? at September 28, 2023 06:05 PM (LccS3)
.......

Did they give them all body armor?

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:06 PM (v0R5T)

119 somebody upthread nailed the house senate switch-a-roo
on spending. Recall the egregiousness of it's passage:

Nancy's house introduced it November 7, 2009 (Knife)
Senate passed it with changes on December 24, 2009. (Knife in back)
House passed it March 21, 2010, Easter eve. (Twist knife)

Posted by: DanMan at September 28, 2023 06:06 PM (8uzBS)

120 The Senate usually takes some poor House bill and then "Amends it" by replacing it completely with their financing stuff... thereby technically this spending bill "originated" in the House because the original bill, like to name a post office in Kansas or something, did come from the House.

That's how they weasel around the spending bill originating in the House requirement. Have done this for probably over 200 years, I bet.
Posted by: GanGanowicz at September 28, 2023 05:55 PM (AxRGS)

It's how they passed O'care. The senate shelled out all of the house bill and replaced it with their own, but keeping the bill's title and number intact. Then they send it back to the house disguised as the same house bill.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 28, 2023 06:07 PM (BdMk6)

121 Bitch should change her name.

Posted by: Fat Elvis at September 28, 2023 06:07 PM (v0R5T)

122 Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied

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A secure border doesn't cause a humanitarian crisis, it prevents it.

We don't have a broken system. We have an immigration system that isn't enforced (unless you're white and coming from another country). Hence, the lawless millions upon millions upon millions crossing into America.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 28, 2023 06:08 PM (mupln)

123 Black Cone Head

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:09 PM (v0R5T)

124 Well, The GOP has said the most important thing to the party is funding Ukraine so this is not surprising.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 28, 2023 06:10 PM (XV/Pl)

125 Then they send it back to the house disguised as the same house bill.
____

That crazy man. These kind of shenanigans are unacceptable. Well, I guess we just have to vote on it, if it passes, were stuck with it.

Posted by: House Leadership whose in on the scam at September 28, 2023 06:11 PM (fs1hN)

126 122 Yes the border is secure and we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a broken system," Pressley replied

Bull F'ing shite.... There is no Humanitarian crisis in those Countries... The illegal invaders are just coming here for the free stuff
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Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:11 PM (bs+z0)

127 Well, The GOP has said the most important thing to the party is funding Ukraine so this is not surprising.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 28, 2023 06:10 PM (XV/Pl)

In fairness, Ukraine is the very heart of Our Democracy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 28, 2023 06:11 PM (w8j6z)

128 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.
Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)

Hey Jefe! Wha chu mean I gotta wash my hands after takin' a pee? I no pee on fingers. I go back making burgers now ho-ka!?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 28, 2023 06:12 PM (uSHSS)

129 Pressley: "Asylum is a human right!"

Katie, unbar the door.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at September 28, 2023 06:13 PM (OR35w)

130 Bull F'ing shite.... There is no Humanitarian crisis in those Countries... The illegal invaders are just coming here for the free stuff
____

Have you factored in CLIMATE CHANGE? Millions of people are dying daily from it.

Posted by: Media at September 28, 2023 06:13 PM (fs1hN)

131 128 Sneak in the country and go to California. Work at Inn'N'Out Burger for $20 an hour.
Posted by: Here's a plan at September 28, 2023 05:52 PM (2r4U7)

Maybe McDonalds but In and Out doesn't seem to hire any of them.. At least not in my area

Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:13 PM (bs+z0)

132 Have you factored in CLIMATE CHANGE? Millions of people are dying daily from it.
Posted by: Media at September 28, 2023 06:13 PM (fs1hN)

LOL... That's the one I laugh at the most.... I guess we don't have any of that climate change here like mexico which is right on Our border

Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:14 PM (bs+z0)

133 uniparty; pissing in your ear and telling you it's raining.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at September 28, 2023 06:15 PM (gxokI)

134 I think some yahoo put Nair in her shampoo bottle.

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:15 PM (v0R5T)

135 We spent more to bring back five Americans from Iran ($6 billion) than Trump was asking for to build his border wall.

Five people.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 28, 2023 06:16 PM (/iWhV)

136 Pressley: "Asylum is a human right!"

Ummmm...no, you stupid twit. It's not.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 28, 2023 06:17 PM (uSHSS)

137

Dildo? I thought her name was LoPecia?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 28, 2023 06:17 PM (x0n13)

138 I read somewhere that Biden already sold all the wall materials for pennies on the dollar, and welded the doors open.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Probably paid somebody to haul it all off as scrap metal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 28, 2023 06:19 PM (ga8qR)

139
Hunter looks more like his uncle than like Joey.

Posted by: Auspex at September 28, 2023 06:19 PM (dxcsE)

140 @127

>>In fairness, Ukraine is the very heart of Our Democracy.

If you can find it, listen to an interview between Mike Slater of Breitbart and EyePatch McCain.

Slater ask him simple questions about what we are doing in Ukraine, why we are funding it and what is the end game, etc.

The dissembling and lies that emanate from Patch McCain were breathtaking.

Per Eyepatch: Sending billions to Ukraine is actually saving us money, preventing Russia from invading the rest of Europe and will somehow end up cowing China???

Oh and anyone that doesn't understand the benefits is naive and or an agent of Putin.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 28, 2023 06:20 PM (XV/Pl)

141 We all know why they are coming... Biden invited them in... he wants their votes... And of course cheap labor..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:21 PM (bs+z0)

142 Georgia Senate GOP Caucus Ousts Senator for Trying to Remove Fani Willis from Office

Your GOP betters at work to keep you in chains.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 28, 2023 06:22 PM (9/y3s)

143 139
Hunter looks more like his uncle than like Joey.

Posted by: Auspex
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They all favor each other.
Except the dog, he doesn't favor it at all.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 28, 2023 06:23 PM (tZ+ct)

144 Some people like Pepsi
Some people like Coke
The wacky morning DJ says
Democracy is a joke.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 28, 2023 06:23 PM (nnp+f)

145
They all favor each other.

They all look like Used car salesmen... My apologies to Used car salesmen

Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:23 PM (bs+z0)

146 We all know why they are coming... Biden invited them in... he wants their votes... And of course ~~cheap~~ slave labor..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:21 PM (bs+z0)
......

Wait until he starts taxing their happy asses.

Posted by: wth at September 28, 2023 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

147 This might make a few people smile.

Rep. Paul Godar, R-AZ, has put forth a little amendment that reduces SecDef Darth Lloyd and a few others salary to $1.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=147874

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 28, 2023 06:27 PM (/SJCW)

148 eerr Paul Gosar...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 28, 2023 06:27 PM (/SJCW)

149 >>>141 We all know why they are coming... Biden invited them in... he wants their votes... And of course cheap labor..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 28, 2023 06:21 PM (bs+z0)

--

Which makes it even more imperative to truck them to cobalt blue states. Coals to Newcastle.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at September 28, 2023 06:27 PM (wzAuc)

150 Meatballs? I LOVE meatballs!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at September 28, 2023 06:28 PM (2r4U7)

151 Are the Bidets more inbred than the Hapsburg?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 28, 2023 06:28 PM (/SJCW)

152 Income tax, ha, we don't pay no stinking income tax.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 28, 2023 06:28 PM (tZ+ct)

153 eerr Paul Gosar...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 28, 2023 06:27 PM (/SJCW)

Is he the gatekeeper?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 28, 2023 06:30 PM (BdMk6)

154 That's Gozer the Gozarian.

We really do need to roast those Slors in DC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 28, 2023 06:30 PM (/SJCW)

155 The border is secure, and allows illegals easy access to get into the country.

Posted by: Skip at September 28, 2023 06:31 PM (fwDg9)

156 There B a NOOD !

Posted by: JT at September 28, 2023 06:32 PM (T4tVD)

157
Godar > Gaydar . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 28, 2023 06:32 PM (x0n13)

158 Why are people screeching about the "cost" of shutting down the government? I hear people saying it costs something like $40/day for every person. Surely a number analy extracted by some left aligned org. It's a net gain for non-moochers. But sure whatever, here's my two twenties for today, now go f-off leeches.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 28, 2023 06:33 PM (ISEAQ)

159 It gets better. There's no finding for border in the senate bill because Mitch McConnell and the Blowjob Caucus want amnesty included. They just couldn't agree on the amount with their Democrat masters.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 28, 2023 06:33 PM (GkcUq)

160 Shut it down and lock it up tighter than a vestle virgins twat.

A few hands nailed to the chamber door for extra emphasis would be good.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 28, 2023 06:38 PM (L7uGr)

161 Yeah, the plan is the Senate (McConnell, Schumer) moves 1st this time to thwart the House MAGA conservatives.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 28, 2023 06:46 PM (GshMh)

162 Tapperface must be a thing, right? He must practice that "concerned journalist" expression in the mirror daily. It's at the point where when someone mentions Jake Tapper, that constipated visage is what comes to mind. There's a soccer player, Wilfried Zaha, who is always whining to the refs about one call or another, and has emblazoned his look of wide-eyed desperation in my mind as an avatar.

Posted by: red speck at September 28, 2023 07:10 PM (t20Fg)

163 142 Georgia Senate GOP Caucus Ousts Senator for Trying to Remove Fani Willis from Office

Your GOP betters at work to keep you in chains.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 28, 2023 06:22 PM (9/y3s)

Be careful there, Maj. Healey. The GKKB (Governor Kemp Kneepad Brigade) at RedState.com will defend Saint Brian till the end of days and with all they've got. They love them some Establishment Judases!

Posted by: Tracy at September 28, 2023 09:33 PM (t/whR)

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