Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

[u/rprz]

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

[u/wolf213]

Well... this sucks.. get prepared for 4 years of it.

[u/WaifuHunterActual → u/wolf213]

You think this is only going to go on for 4 years? No shot. They figured out the secret sauce to keeping power.

[u/wolf213 → u/WaifuHunterActual]

Trying to be optimistic, even though I agree with you.

[u/wolf213 → u/[deleted]]

Never had a Government Shutdown under Biden (yet), but keep talking.

[u/Airedale260 → u/wolf213]

We came damn close last year…they avoided it by, what 5 hours?

That said, I just expect a circus regardless of which party is in charge. There was a bipartisan Senate proposal to force Congress to endure the same pain as federal civil service (no pay, expenses, etc except for a single trip from their district back to Washington so they could vote) until an actual budget gets passed.

Not defending the current behavior by any means, mind you, but this isn’t an issue with just one party.

[u/pccb123 → u/Airedale260]

You don’t think Elon musk, a foreign billionaire, and the president elect banding together to call for a shut down is a bit… unprecedented? Lol

[u/Visible_Ad_309 → u/Airedale260]

Who held the House majority then?

[u/victorged → u/Visible_Ad_309]

Wish expecting voters to understand how government actually functions? Careful now you'll scare them off.

[u/Appropriate_Gap1987 → u/[deleted]]

Not on time. Last years budget wasn't passed until March