The Senate is supposed to go back in session shortly. Senator Paul’s ability to continue to hold things up expires in a bit. He could technically push this to 3 AM EST, but who knows how far he’ll go. Once he runs out of Senate rules cover, they should be able to pass the two year Senate budget deal. Depending on Senator Paul this should occur sometime between 1 and 3 AM EST. There is a cloture vote scheduled for 1 AM EST.
Members of the House have been notified to prepare for a vote between 3 and 6 AM EST. Provided Speaker Ryan can wrangle the votes, or get Congresswoman Pelosi to provide them from the Democratic Caucus, the House should pass the Senate bill sometime later this morning and the government shutdown should be brief. Given what we’ve seen of majority Republican control of both chambers of Congress, however, anything could happen. So stay tuned!
And stay frosty!
Open thread.
NotMax
Welcome to the Rand Discorporation.
Rjm
Well that’s a fine pickle. Blizzard coming to town
Corner Stone
Why would they? Fuck them.
Yutsano
As of right now I’m not changing my morning schedule. But I will be checking the news in the morning. And something tells me either Yertle or Paulie Boy are gonna fail here.
Adam L Silverman
@NotMax: It was bad enough the first time.
MomSense
I heard on Brian Williams that the minority whip is pushing for no votes.
NotMax
Like a particularly bad remake of the movie.
If It’s Tuesday, We Have a Government
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
OT: Was Australia and New Zealand, as US allies, nuclear targets of the Soviet Union in the late Cold War circa 1983?
MCA1
Apropos of nothing, but, hey Rand Paul: Fuck You. You’re a douchecanoe.
La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)
And remember to hydrate, everybody!
eta: except Aqua Buddha
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@MomSense: Good – let the Republicans own this. What was the Pottery Barn rule?
Adam L Silverman
Alright, I’m going to go rub doggie bellies and watch this documentary on flame throwers I DVRed earlier. Play nice or Rand Paul will come to your house and talk for a long time!
Omnes Omnibus
Are we to sell out Dreamers or family reunification and the visa lottery to get this deal? Neither is a win.
Corner Stone
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
I think it was try to find furniture and accessories that all went with a wicker motif.
Corner Stone
“Party of the Balanced Budget”
Why in the fuck do media people keep saying this about Republicans?
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus: I don’t think we’re actually allowed to ask that question.
MisterForkbeard
Can we get a NYT headline like “Rand Paul shuts down government in useless gesture to be reversed within 6 hours”? :)
Amir Khalid
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
As I recall, Pottery Barn said at the time that “you break it, you bought it” was Colin Powell’s rule, not theirs.
lamh36
Hey Adam…did i see this?
Yep…someone def throwing McGahn under the bus!! But both Kelly & McGahn should go!!!
Brachiator
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
You break it, you have to go to IKEA?
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: I just did it. Sorry, not sorry. It is a big deal.
MisterForkbeard
@Corner Stone: I’m still trying to figure out how we get Republicans to vote for letting brown people stay in the country when they clearly don’t want to do so. This seems difficult when we can’t use the shutdown as an effective threat.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@Corner Stone: @Brachiator: Y’all are hi-larious.
@Amir Khalid: True that!
danielx
@NotMax:
Well, somebody has got to stand up for all those Tea Party defectives – er, patriots. 2020 isn’t that far off. Of course, that assumes they might remember Aqua Buddha’s principled stand in 2018, which isn’t likely. Their attention span seems to be somewhat limited.
danielx
@Corner Stone:
Is this, like, recent?
smike
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Oh, don’t be silly. It’s obviously Obama’s fault. Clinton, also, too.
cthulhu
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Australia was low priority excepting some military locations which were not near population centers. New Zealand was likely even lower priority.
N M
@lamh36: too funny. Retaliation for the leak about McGahn staring down trump during his rages to fire Mueller? May the palace intrigues continue apace…
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@cthulhu:
Thanks. That confirms my assumptions.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Can’t we just put an eviction notice up at the White House, so they ALL have to go?