House of Representatives passes debt ceiling override.

Surprise! Sen. Sanders will vote no.

Time for Dems to purge the progressives.

So when is the next time this will become an issue again? This time next year, or sooner?

Joe got two years in the deal, r3.

[quote]Time for Dems to purge the progressives.

You really don't know how things work, do you, r2?

Doesn't have to be renegotiated until January 2025.

Dark Brandon triumphs yet again!

Biden doing what he's done for almost three years: Getting shit done.

Love him.

r4 Thanks. Great that this won't become an election issue.

Agree with r8!

[quote]Surprise! Sen. Sanders will vote no.

That old jagoff and his "Justice" Democrats have never done a fucking thing for anyone but themselves! Bernie Sanders is the biggest pimple on the ass of progress ever minted with the embarrassing AOC, Ilan Omar and the rat-fucking Pramila Jayapal right behind him. I hate those Dem-hater do-nothings with the fire of 10,000 suns!

Remember, they frequently vote the same way as Matt Gaetz, but always have "reasons'. Sure. I'm betting they did this time, but looking it up now.

Joe handled this masterfully, r9.

For months the Repugs have been saying Biden is senile and gaga -and now they have to admit that they were outfoxed by him.

Makes my week.

Never bet against Joe

O'Donnell layed it out last night. Joe did come out of it looking like a flip-flopper, but handled the situation beautifully.

[quote]Time for Dems to purge

Pics please.

Mighty Uncle Joe!

I’m sad about the cap on research spending cap obviously, but I suspect Dark Brandon has a plan for that.

Performanative Progressives can go sit in the corner with the Freedumb Caucas.

Way to go to President Joe Biden and everyone who voted YEA! for this!

Where do we find a list of what's getting cut?

A friend of mine texted me that she had received her June social security check in her account this morning. She was nervous as a cat in a briar patch.

Perfect cartoon at R18. Dark Brandon just keeps letting the cons think he's too senile to find his pants. And they go on falling for it.

With each passing accomplishment, the Repukes’ default argument — that Joe Biden is too senile to string together a sentence — becomes more ludicrous. He has this uncanny ability to get things done, express empathy and other normal human emotions, and not cause a daily dose of chaos and turbulence.

Non-defense discretionary spending is flat from 2023 in 2024 and limited to 1% in 2025 Sylvia. The specific levels by agency still need to be set, but the expectation is this will negatively impact NSF, NIH, NASA and ARPA-H which were all expecting big increases for new initiatives.

Thanks, EL. I really want to know if this will affect the $5 billion for planned research into new and better COVID vaccines, in which case, I'll be truly pissed off.

It will not. That is specifically protected.

Here’s a simplified version of what’s in the building, R20.

R21, the deadline was set for Monday the 5th, and the first social security checks don’t come out until Wednesday the 7th. Your friend might be making this up. Both my parents are on S.S. So I know a little about this.

For you government and political junkies, here is a more detailed account of the debt ceiling bill from today’s Electoral Vote website.

[quote]and the first social security checks don’t come out until Wednesday the 7th.

Wrong, r28.

Please explain R30.

[quote] , the deadline was set for Monday the 5th, and the first social security checks don’t come out until Wednesday the 7th. Your friend might be making this up. Both my parents are on S.S. So I know a little about this.

Wrong. My SS funds went in this morning.

I get mine on the 3rd, r31.

Interesting R30 and 32.

I apparently I don’t know shit about the S.S. system, or they do it differently in other places.

Mea culpa.

Typical of the NY Times today that their stories are more about how McCarthy managed to exceed expectations in negotiating the bill (it wasn't him or Biden who did most of that anyway), and more mixed about Biden due to his initial "I won't bargain" stance.

I agree that the WH underestimated McCarthy re: getting the initial spending bill passed. But the Times just can't get their heads out their asses with their "Biden needs to retire NOW" attitude.

[quote]and more mixed about Biden due to his initial "I won't bargain" stance

Lol...you start from that position. It's called strategy.

Article at r27:

[quote] McCarthy said the deal was "historic," as it would amount to "cutting spending year-over-year for the first time in over a decade."

McCarthy sucks at mathematics!

R25/Sylvia ironically this might theoretically start that initiative faster. One thing the debt ceiling agreement does do is clawback previous COVID appropriation money that wasn’t obligated. Now let’s say NIAID was going to start the new vaccine funding in FFY 2023 by re-directing the previously appropriated but not yet obligated $$. Well in the absence of the debt ceiling bill they might have put out an RFP with a June due date and made the awards on or before September 30. But, theoretically, they could have realized that that plan was no longer viable and they needed to get that $$ obligated by COB today before the Senate voted.

Speaking completely theoretically of course.

And the Senate