Funding to keep the government open is set to expire on Nov. 17, and there's no deal on how to avoid it.

House Republicans closed out the week by canceling votes on two party-line funding bills in the span of 48 hours, a setback for new Speaker Mike Johnson and a sign of persisting dysfunction in the chamber ahead of a key funding deadline.

They pulled a transportation-housing bill late Tuesday as some coastal Republicans opposed cuts to Amtrak. And they yanked a financial services and general government measure on Thursday morning that included divisive anti-abortion language.

It’s a step backward for Johnson, R-La., who had hoped to show progress on appropriations bills championed by his party’s conservative wing in order to secure their votes to pass a short-term bill that would keep the government open beyond the Nov. 17 deadline.

    • HuddaBudda@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      Hey boss, sorry going to get you that funding, just have to take 6 months off work first and we will revisit this.

      Hey boss, still know you want that money, so we need a bit more time, we are going to kick out the speaker then do cocaine until we elect a new one. Thanks bye!

      Hey boss, I just sexually assaulted Roe V. Wade, looks like you got a real problem that you are going to have to take care of. Sorry and wish you the best! <3

      Hey boss, good news is we elected a speaker, but we don’t like him, so we are going to need 45 days to do the whole “money thing” again. I know you wish you could fire me, but get used to it bitch.

      Hey boss, looks like we are coming on that deadline…

      /satire

    • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Neanderthals were just as smart as homo sapiens and were highly empathetic, with the earliest record of caring for the sick among them.

      We’d be quite lucky if the GOP even loosely resembled the Neanderthals.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        They were also taller, strong, and known to sexuslly assault their captives. But nowadays its more of an expression than a literal.

          • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m not getting into a debate about neanderthals because I used an expression referencing their public preception, dude.

            • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              Aka “I was spreading misinformation, got corrected, and rather than learning and moving on doubled down on even more wildly misinformed claims I can’t back up.”