Subject: Re: I changed my mind
Letting the CR pass does very little to alter the course of action.

From the NYT:

<<What most concerns Democrats is that the stopgap measure does not contain the specific congressional instructions to allocate money for programs usually included in spending bills. Top Democrats, including Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the party’s lead appropriator, have warned that the lack of explicit directions would essentially create slush funds for the Trump administration at a time when it has already disregarded spending directives set by Congress.

“We have already seen how far President Trump, Elon Musk, and Russ Vought are willing to twist — and outright break — our laws to suit their will,” Ms. Murray said, referring to Russell Vought, Mr. Trump’s budget director. “But House Republicans are setting them up to make everything so far look like child’s play.”>>


Sen. Patty Murray and Speaker Emerita Pelosi (among many others) are neither political naifs nor flame-throwing left-wingers. They disagree vigorously with Schumer et al. So do I.