Warren won’t support government funding bills, wants Dems to join her

Well, the Democrats said this could happen

Senator Elizabeth Warren announced she will not participate in a bipartisan government

appropriations process this year, and she's calling on more Democrats to join her

Do we really look that gullible? Why should Democrats come to the table and negotiate in good faith and throw our support

behind a quote unquote bipartisan bill? Congress has to pass legislation to fund the government every year

They're supposed to approve 12 separate bills, each of which funds different departments and agencies

Senator Warren says she can't support any of those 12 bills because she can't trust Republicans to uphold their end of the bargain

When the promises themselves won't be worth the paper they are printed on

No, Democrats should tell Republicans that if they want our votes, then they're going to have to guarantee that the deal we strike actually means something

Here's what Warren's talking about. Appropriations bills need 60 votes to be approved

There are only 53 Republicans in the Senate, so that means they need at least seven Democrats to join them

Naturally, to get Democratic support, they need to give Democrats something they want

Reconciliation and rescissions packages, however, only require a simple majority. So Republicans can pass legislation to cut the budget

without any input from Democrats. Republicans just did that twice this month

They passed a reconciliation bill to make cuts to the budget that will impact the federal government for the next decade

They also passed a billion rescissions bill that cut budget items that impact the more immediate future Warren outlined how she thinks it going to go in 2026 Step one Congress negotiates a compromise

that both Republicans and Democrats support, and it's signed into law. Step two, Trump tells

Republicans what parts of that deal that he wants to cancel. Step three, Republicans in the Senate

bend the knee and follow Trump's orders to cancel the money. But wait, there is more

Apparently, step four is Republicans turn around and with a straight face, ask Democrats to

negotiate more deals for the next year's funding, starting the whole rinse and repeat process again

I wonder what you would say to a Democrat to convince them that they should get involved in

the fiscal year 2026 funding? Well, we need to get back to regular order. I've been talking about

that. We didn't see that under Chuck Schumer. There are no appropriations bills ever really

debated on the floor. And I think Leader Thun, that's what he wants to do. And I think that's

good for everybody. The Democrats, many of them are competing to be sort of the resistor in chief

And if that's what they want to make their brand, I just don't think it's going to connect with the American people. The American people want us to come up here and fight for them

Democrats warned Republicans that any further cuts to what were previously bipartisan agreements will have consequences

So far, Warren is the only Democrat to officially announce she won't participate in a bipartisan process for 2026

I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more reporting, download the SAN app