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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 07:10 PM Oct 16

'No idea' how the government shutdown might end, House speaker says as Senate rejects funding bill for the 10th time

Source: Yahoo News

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Thursday that he has “no idea” how the government shutdown will end as the standoff drags on through its third week.

“Many of you have asked all of us, ‘How does it end?’ We have no idea,” Johnson said during a press conference Thursday morning in which he blamed Democrats for refusing to vote for a plan to reopen the government.

“It’s up to the Democrats, and they have to decide it,” he added. “Democrats appear perfectly happy to keep the political theater going while real people suffer.”

It is true that Democrats have not budged from the stance that they’ve held since before the government ran out of funding on Oct. 1, which is that they will only allow a budget to get through the Senate if it includes some of their policy priorities. But Johnson and his fellow Republicans have been equally unyielding.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/no-idea-how-the-government-shutdown-might-end-house-speaker-says-as-senate-rejects-funding-bill-for-the-10th-time-184841562.html



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Republicans say . . . Our way or the highway! Aussie105 Oct 17 #1

Aussie105

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1. Republicans say . . . Our way or the highway!
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 05:54 AM
Oct 17

Dems go . . . ok, let's take the highway! But remember, Republicans will have to wear the fallout from this.

Seems to be a common R symptom:
Running the country.
Keeping trade flowing smoothly.
Not annoying global trading partners.
Health care.
Education.
Looking after the interests of the average family.

Zero expertise, intelligence and insight shown on any topic.


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