As of 9:35 AM CST today, we still have no budget deal and are heading toward a government shutdown tomorrow night. In an effort to head off a shutdown, the Republican house has proposed another Continuing Resolution similar to what has been done to keep the government funded up to this point. This stop-gap bill also includes a measure that will fully fund the military for the rest of the year. This would prevent any potential shutdown from affecting our soldier's pay or harming our military actions around the world.
For Senate majority leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), every moment not spent sleeping or in negotiations is being used to make the most strangely ironic claims. In a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, Reid said,
Now we learn that House Republicans are going to make another excuse, create another diversion, and avoid another tough choice. Instead of solving the crisis the way we should, instead of saying yes, they say in fact what they are going to do is pass what they will call another short-term stop-gap measure. They will say it is short term, but what that really means is it’s a shortcut, a short cut around doing our jobs. Instead of solving problems, they are stalling; they are procrastinating. That’s not just bad policy, it’s a fantasy. We all heard the president of the United States say yesterday that he won’t accept anything short of a full solution, and why should he? We’re six months into the fiscal year now.
Perhaps it should be brought to Sen. Reid's attention that his party controlled the House, Senate & Presidency last year when they chose to avoid solving problems, they stalled and they procrastinated.