Democrats block Defense spending bill
as shutdown tensions rise
Posted By: 4250Luis, 10/17/2025 7:31:09 AM
Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block the annual, full-year Defense appropriations bill, despite the measure passing out of committee with strong bipartisan support earlier this year. The vote is the latest sign of deteriorating bipartisan relations on Capitol Hill as the government shutdown drags into a third week. The Senate voted 50-44 against proceeding to the bill after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) objected to considering the Defense spending bill without also voting on the annual Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. It needed 60 votes to advance.
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The protesters weren’t the only senior citizens at the ‘No Kings’ protests today. In Massachusetts, Senator Ed Markey was out in full force, yelling about the fact that we don’t have kings in the United States, as if we didn’t know that.
The ironic part is that Ed Markey has been in elected office in Massachusetts since 1973.
From his Wikipedia page:
Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 20 terms (18 full, two partial) as the U.S.
Republicans and Democrats who can’t agree on much of anything these days — including how to keep the basic functions of the federal government up and running — seem to be finding common ground on how to approach an industry that’s poised to dominate the American economy: artificial intelligence.
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The New Middle East and the Trump Method
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Trump made a flowing speech at the Israeli parliament that was remarkable for its frankness in showing the true picture of the situation to Israelis, combined with asserting his unflinching commitment to their security.
[W]hat does peace, when poetic conceit is discarded, mean?
It means that a war has ended with one clear winner and one clear loser, effacing a status quo that had bred the war. In the new status quo that must be created, the winner ought to have the final word.
The second element in the method is to steer clear of flattering the foe rather than placating him, which would persuade him that you are acting out of weakness.
Vote on Global 'Carbon Tax' Delayed For
a Year After Trump Calls it a 'Green New
Scam Tax' 5 replies
a Year After Trump Calls it a 'Green New
Scam Tax' 5 replies
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but to go in and kill them’ if bloodshed
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but to go in and kill them’ if bloodshed
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President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Hamas “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza.
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California officials confirm first 3 unrelated
US cases of severe mpox strain with no
travel history 14 replies
US cases of severe mpox strain with no
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That President Trump Is Enforcing Immigration Laws 13 replies
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