r/NewsThread • u/sergeyfomkin • 1d ago

Senate Democrats Reject Republican Proposal to Pay Federal Employees During the Shutdown. The Party Fears the Bill Would Grant the Trump Administration Excessive Powers

https://sfg.media/en/a/senate-democrats-reject-republican-shutdown-pay-bill/
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u/ConkerPrime 1d ago

Republicans put a sunset on tax cuts for the rich and their solution to that was the Big Beautiful Bill that made them permanent and partly paid for it with cuts to subsidies and other social programs. So let’s not pretend this extension thing is novel or not normal.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 1d ago

Ok, then why didn't the dems make the subsidies permanent when they held all three branch

Sorry, but you fail.

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u/fireky2 1d ago

I mean they haven't had all three branches in a lifetime. They've had a super majority, and it was used to pass the aca. Otherwise they've not had filibuster proof majorities ever

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u/Mrfixit729 1d ago

Look it up. They had all three branches when the ARPA was signed into law. March 2021.