When Biden was president, the press used to complain that they didn’t have any access to the leader of the free world. You’d think that they’d celebrate the openness and transparency of Trump’s administration, where he and his various secretaries seem to live in front of the camera. Yet, all they do is lie, cheat, and complain.
The recent clean, continuing resolution to fund the government has passed through congress and been signed by the President. Why was it so hard to get it done? Why were the Democrats so bent on shutting down the government? They have blamed the Republicans on every past threat of a shutdown, but were trying to blame this shutdown on the GOP as well… even though they were the ones pushing the bill to keep it open.
The House of Representative (until now) has been 67 Republicans to 66 Democrats. The Republicans have submitted a number of bills to the House, and have had a majority, but due to MN law, they need 68 votes no matter what, which is more than a simple majority.
The Democrats are beholden to their Queer Caucus. If it doesn’t further the goals of this group, per Leigh Finke and Brion Curran, then the DFL is too scared to move forward. Despite its popularity, not one Dem voted to disallow men in women’s sports. The DFL is the party of men dominating women.
HF3 and HF23 are anti-fraud bills. One passed that allowed for greater audit capacity, which failed, and greater protection for whistleblowers, which passed.
The bi-annual budget will be a big one to get passed. Who will blink first and give up something big to get the budget through the objections of the other party. It’s not looking good for anything to get done this session and that’s okay with us. Let us know what you think!
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