Congress has not made any votes on Medicaid or Social Security or gay rights or any other important issues yet. Shutting the government down would not have done a fucking thing to change that.
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No, not yet but provisions within the CR allow them to reduce spending. When they cut 880 billion out of Medicare you'll see what I mean. They can also reduce all federal funding to states that allow gay marriage or sanctuary status. I'm just not putting anything past them at this point.
mar 19, 2025, 7:16 am • 0 0 • view
Congress cannot do any of those things without a vote. No way in hell Democrats are going to support those things. If you’re talking about executive orders, shutting down, the government would have no impact, in fact, it would probably result in him accelerating the number of executive orders.
mar 19, 2025, 7:59 am • 0 0 • view
Good point but it's not something that has to be voted on apparently. It's baked into the CR that allows them to shuffle funds or reduce as needed from what I read. They were going to take billions from Medicare. We'll find out what happens for sure soon enough.
mar 20, 2025, 3:03 am • 0 0 • view