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After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

A short-term funding measure to keep government offices fully functioning will dominate the September agenda, along with emergency funding for Ukraine, federal disaster funds and the Republican-driven probe into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.

Time is running short for Congress to act. The House is scheduled to meet for just 11 days before the government’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, leaving little room to maneuver. And the deal-making will play out as two top Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, deal with health issues.

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[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Impeachment for what?

"We'll figure that out afterwards"

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago

Practically everything the GOP does these days is just retaliation. They wanted to impact Biden before he was in office ffs.

[–] assassin_aragorn 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Republicans from districts which voted for Biden must be several drinks deep already. Either they buck the party line and become reviled, or they give into the obvious far right bullshit and become reviled. Either way, their careers are done. It's the sort of unenviable position that's only possible when you sell your soul to be a Republican.

Even better, the plurality blames Republicans for the debt ceiling crisis. Leadership is aware that these childish stunts are a net negative for them. Combining a shutdown with a frivolous impeachment is throwing water into an oil fire.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ive heard false death knells for republicans way too many times over several decades. After Trump, theres no amount of depravity conservative voters arent willing to overlook.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Voting with the libs" will still get them Othered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

conservatives dont pay attention to how their reps vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He did say "depravity"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They're going to try to do to Biden that they did to Clinton. Investigate until anything puts him in court, whether it's true or not.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be great if they could stop playing chicken with people's lives...

They treat it like a game because it's not them that suffer at the end, it's the gov employees at the bottom living paycheck to paycheck who get screwed over when their check doesn't come in because of a House dick measuring contest.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 12 points 1 year ago

But Hunter Biden's buttery socialist laptop agenda?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Need to figure out some malicious compliance during these annual periods to wake up the Republicans. Maybe a password leak because IT is down? :)

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I only had to work 11 days this month.

[–] ArtVandelay 6 points 1 year ago

And calling it work is being very generous

[–] Coffeemonkepants 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I cannot wait to get out of this fucking country.

[–] TwoGems 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Which one though? Countries in Europe are having fascism issues too like Italy, Poland, and probably more.

[–] KpntAutismus 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people are willingly voting a nazi party into power in germany right now. not a good idea to come here anytime soon.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And that was my go-to country if I ever noped out of here. What kind of nonsense are they spreading over there to gain a foothold?

[–] justhach 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like most right wing parties across the world, appeals to traditionalism, xenophobia, and deregulation of industry.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who do your xenophobes hate? In the US, it’s largely Mexicans due to the southern border, but I don’t think Germany hates Austria and Switzerland.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Middle Easterners and North Africans.

[–] TwoGems 3 points 1 year ago

Propaganda on social media is causing it

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just don't go HAM and give up your citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The USA is one of the only countries in the world that will tax citizens who are living and working in foreign countries. So there may be benefits depending on your situation.

[–] MicroWave 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] murray_TAPEDTS 2 points 1 year ago

Sadly it's WAY worse than that. You want to invest for retirement, have any sort of savings, benefit from tax breaks for things like being a first time buyer, and many other things, you can be taxed.

[–] Furbag 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most countries require you to renounce your citizenship to foreign nations as part of their immigration and alien residency program.

The United States is one place where they do not require you to actually live/reside within the borders to maintain citizenship, but they still tax you as if you did, even if you have dual citizenship or fully reside in another country.

[–] BroccoliFarts 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boris Johnson was a natural-born US citizen but gave up his citizenship to hold political office in the UK.

[–] Furbag 1 points 1 year ago

I always find that tidbit amusing. There was a joke circling the US political sphere back around the time of Brexit that Boris Johnson was Donald Trump's parasitic twin, but they were separated at birth. I want to believe.

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[–] Md1501 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They going to impeach Hunter Biden?

[–] glitch1985 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hunter Bidens laptop, get it right.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I remember when the GOP claimed to be the party of "fiscal responsibility". Now they're going to drive the country's credit rating into the ground over spite.

[–] TokenBoomer 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Life in America is like a drunk game of Jenga.

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[–] Fades 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Such fucking bullshit the amount of time allotted to fuck off and not do their jobs, shit even without that most of em don’t show up when they feel like it

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Republicans, staring down four Trump trials upcoming, have absolutely nothing else, the government will be shut down, it's 100% unavoidable, all stories leading to "will it be/won't it be" are advertising bait, the government will be shut down by Republican intransigence, guaranteed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There will be a game of Chicken

McCarthy will play the title role

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[–] CharlesDarwin 9 points 1 year ago

The GOP is completely unserious. It's too bad they have too much power in relation to their numbers. I wish they did not gain the House, esp given the fascist-loving goons they have in there...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

The president and congressional leaders, including Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, are focused on passage of a months-long funding measure, known as a continuing resolution, to keep government offices running while lawmakers iron out a budget.

It’s a step Congress routinely takes to avoid stoppages, but McCarthy faces resistance from within his own Republican ranks, including from some hardline conservatives who openly embrace the idea of a government shutdown.

For example, House Republicans added provisions blocking abortion coverage, transgender care and diversity initiatives to a July defense package, turning what has traditionally been a bipartisan effort into a sharply contested bill.

The inquiries have not produced evidence that President Biden took official action on behalf of his son or business partners, but McCarthy has called impeachment a “natural step forward” for the investigations.

Schumer said the Senate would work on legislation to lower the costs of drugs, address rail safety and provide disaster relief after floods in Vermont, fires in Hawaii and a hurricane in Florida.


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