Not a spine in the whole caucus
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wrote 3 days ago last edited by 89th 3 Nov 2025, 17:30
That is incredibly alarming.People do realize if this happens then Trump will have an UNCHECKED ability to take over domestic communications, seize Americans’ bank accounts, and deploy U.S. troops to any foreign country. These are but a few powers the President has during a declared national emergency.The whole POINT of declaring a national emergency is so that the President can act quickly on behalf of congress during unforeseen events where congress can not act fast enough, such as shutting down communication facilities or drawing equipment from national defense stockpiles.EDIT: (see below), I see this is limited to the 3 EOs Trump signed to assign duties (tax/tariffs), per the tweet.
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It wasn't really snuck in if this guy knows about it.
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BTW I was trying to find the exact text. Can't seem to find it (House resolution 211 or House Joint resolution 25). Will reply back if I can find the damn thing.
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Ok found it, you can click the PDF link to view the text: https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-PIH-full-year-continuing-appropriations-and-extensions-act-2025
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I should note the Feb 1, 2025 date at the end I suppose limits it to these 3 national emergencies that Trump declared that day, basically imposing duties (aka import tax) on Mexico, China, and maybe Canada I haven't checked yet. This somewhat limits his power to those listed in the national emergency details, I think.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14193
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Term limits would go a long way.
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Don't get all of your politics off of X.
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It's literally in the bill. You can't blame X.
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@jon-nyc said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
You can't blame X.
Well, it’s Elon’s company after all.
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I think it goes back to committee for revision?
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@taiwan_girl said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
If the senators do not pass the spending bill, what happens to the original one from the representatives? Do that have to draft a new one? (That may or may not include the tariff language?)
I think others understand these sort of procedural things way better than me.
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
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@taiwan_girl said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
If the senators do not pass the spending bill, what happens to the original one from the representatives? Do that have to draft a new one? (That may or may not include the tariff language?)
I think others understand these sort of procedural things way better than me.
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
wrote about 22 hours ago last edited by@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
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This is really wild. Republicans in 2025 stand for isolationism, autarky, unions and large deficits. Imagine floating that at the end of the Obama years.
They have a consistent stance on gender though, I guess.
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@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
wrote about 22 hours ago last edited by@Axtremus said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Then again Congress is explicitly just giving up their power to the executive, so who knows.
Chuck Schumer now says he will vote to keep the government funded precisely because he fears a government shutdown will cede even more power to Trump.
Chuck got his ass handed to him. Gillebrand could literally be heard screaming down the hallway, as the Dems were in their closed door meeting, wanting to know what the hell they were doing.
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Honestly don’t know who is more useless right now. Dems or GOP
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@xenon said in Not a spine in the whole caucus:
Honestly don’t know who is more useless right now. Dems or GOP
Useless to whom? Useful to whom?