Trump’s budget plan keeps members of Congress all night

The president’s political agenda Donald Trump And the Republicans of Congress keep the Democrats awake at night.

Literally.

If you sleep, you lose.

Or at least the recent nightlife mounted by the Democrats could have been lost to oppose the budget package of the Republican party.

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It was the second session during the night in three weeks to The Senate.

While he slept on Thursday night, on Friday, the Democrats expected their resistance to the president not to be a legislative cradle.

In the night Senate session, the Democrats forced two dozen votes for almost nine hours on each subject under the moon.

“The right to IVF” was an amendment offered by Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Bill.

“Deficits and debt,” was the proposal of Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., The main Democrat in the Budget Committee.

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“Public Lands”, was the focus for Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo.

“Mortal and devastating forest fires,” said Senator Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

“The cost of housing” was the problem for Senator Mark Warner, D-VA.

“Tax cuts”, the Delict Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-minn.

“La FAA,” said Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., The main Democrat in the appropriation panel.

However, the Republicans launched a whiten from Shuteye.

The Senate controlled by the Republican Party rejected all democratic proposals throughout the night.

Marathon’s voting sessions, often called “Votes to branches” in the Senate, present an opportunity for the party to design challenging votes for the other side. They like to put the majority on the spot with difficult votes. Some amendments are even written with a specific senator in mind. Especially someone who could face a competitive offer for re -election in the next cycle.

The Democrats tried to trip the Republicans with votes in tax cuts. They even forced the Republicans to evaluate their support, or lack of it, to Ukraine.

“This amendment guarantees continuous support to the Ukraine government to stand firm against Russian aggression. For three years, Ukraine has fought with the teeth and nail for his own survival heroically,” said Senator Jack Reed, Dr.i., The main Democrat. The Armed Services Committee.

The Reed Plan obtained a brushing president of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker, Miss Republican.

“There is no major defender of Ukraine in this Senate than me. But this is not the right vehicle,” Wicker argued on the floor at 12:34 am and Friday. “The approval of this amendment, although the members could desire, will make it more difficult to approve this very valuable budget.”

But it was the lights off for the Democrats as the Republicans approved their budget frame just before the dawn on Friday.

The vote was 52-48. Senator Rand PaulR-Ky., He was the only republican party that was not.

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“We are going to vote all night to establish a bill to increase spending by $ 340 billion,” Paul argued in a floor speech on Thursday. “The Senate Republicans will present themselves today to approve a budget to allow them to increase federal expenditure.”

Paul said that senators should vote their amendment to reduce spending instead of green light a scheme to spend more on military and border security. He also reminded his colleagues that the budget plan was not binding. It was just an aspiration without real money or cost reductions.

“The savings talk is ephemeral. It is not real. Until Congress has the courage to vote on it, it must be certified by a vote. If Congress does not vote, it is something desired and washed in the ether.

The Democrats said that they shone in the republican political vulnerabilities through exercise during the night.

“One amendment at the same time, the Democrats presented the true colors of the Republicans here on the Senate’s floor,” he boasted from the Senate Minority leader Chuck SchumerDn.y.

But in the middle of the night.

Did anyone see it?

Did anyone pay attention?

If a tree falls into the forest …

But now it depends on the house to approve its plan. Thanks the same provisions that are in the Senate package. But it emphasizes tax cuts. He also has the support of President Donald Trump.

It will be difficult to advance anything through the house.

“If we do not do our work, everyone’s taxes are going up. And that will be absolutely catastrophic for the American people,” said representative Russell Fry, RS.C., in Fox Business.

Republicans have a close majority in the camera. It’s about mathematics. They can only lose a vote or two on a given day. And keep in mind that a key demand in this bill is to raise military and border expenditure, but also reduce general expense. In addition, renew tax cuts.

That is why some skeptics say that the only way is to address rights. The so -called “mandatory” expense. This is an expense that Congress does not approve for each year. According to the laws approved years ago, money for mandatory spending only floods the door, according to what the Government must (as interest on debt) and who qualifies for private rights. That is why there is a serious search for the triumvirate of “waste, fraud and abuse” in federal spending. There is simply not enough money to cut from the “discretionary” side of the main book. That is the money that Congress assigns annually to administer the government. Mandatory expense in dwarves discretionary expenses.

“If we reduce all that, we will not balance the budget yet. We have a deficit of $ 2 billion. We have to touch our mandatory expense,” said representative Eric Burlison, R-MO., In Fox Business.

That is why ensuring an agreement to advance the package through the house is so difficult. And the camera and the Senate must advance in the same plan to use budget reconciliation to jump the filibuster.

If the camera adopts its plan, the camera and the Senate could work to synchronize. The cameras could try to merge their respective plans in what is called a conference committee. The camera and the Senate must vote again to approve a combined measure, called a “conference report.” Then they can go to the real bill. And the camera and the Senate must also approve the same version of that.

Or, the sides could be involved in what we call parliamentary ping-pong. The Senate has approved its resolution. Then he attacks him Home The camera then is well version, and Pongs that approaches the Senate. The ball sprout from one side to another through Capitol Dome until one body or another finally accepts a measure, whatever.

Only then can they reach the real substance of the underlying invoice.

A great process to achieve a “great and beautiful bill” lonely that the president is pressing.

This company is far from finishing.

And there is another problem around the corner:

A bill to avoid a government closure is due between March 14. That’s where real dollars can be found. Real expense is possibly going up, down or staying the same in that bill. A problem with government financing could interrupt the objective of the “great and beautiful bill.”

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So, while the action overnight was important, this company is far from finishing.

And although on Thursday night the past, bleeding until Friday, it was a long night, there is likely that there are dozens of other very long nights in the coming months.