No Reason For The Government Shutdown

Oh we easily could blame Trump but truth is every federal politician deserves equal credit for this mess.

Both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate were equally content in passing a bipartisan "continuing resolution" bill forwarding it to members in the 'House'. It was at this point Trump pulled the rug out by threatening to veto it without the funding for "his" border wall. House members crumbled. At this point they voted and approved $5.7b more for Trump's border wall request. Then tossed it back to the Senate where everything came to a screeching halt.

Here's why I said there was no reason for this shutdown. Initially all members agreed to a simple clean "continuing resolution". Why are they now kowtowing to Trump's demands? Congress could override a Trump veto with 2/3rds a majority coming from both the Senate and House. Since they don't seem to have the guts to oppose Trump they own it too.

Congress has always proudly stated it's main power is that over the purse. Apparently not anymore. Of the three branches Congress is the most important one. They set the laws the president and courts must follow Sadly right now the courts and president are running the show because of congress's failure to agree on just about anything.

Our form of democracy is being tested like never before. Our founders designed this country so it would have checks and balances on each of it's branches of power. They never wanted neither the judicial, legislative nor the executive branches to go unchecked. If any one of the three fail to live up to their responsibilities the whole system is in danger of collapse.