The U.S. House of Representatives returns this week for an expected political brawl over spending cuts and impeachment that could paralyze the Republican-controlled chamber, as Congress struggles to avoid a government shutdown.

The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before funding expires on Sept. 30, leaving little time to agree on a package of 12 appropriations bills that can pass each chamber and win Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature.

The main bone of contention among House Republicans is a demand by roughly three-dozen members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus to cut spending for fiscal 2024 to $1.47 trillion – about $120 billion less than Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed in May.

The White House and Senate leaders – including top Republican Mitch McConnell – have rejected that demand.

That dispute and other hardline demands, including opposition to Ukraine aid and calls for an impeachment inquiry against Biden, could imperil efforts to pass a short-term stopgap, known as a continuing resolution or “CR,” which would keep federal agencies afloat while lawmakers debate full-scale appropriations.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Businesses already know that diversity and acceptance mean more profits. They don’t even care about the value of human life.

    They just figured out that:

    • Not discriminating means they have a wider group of people to sell their products to, thus most profit
    • Not discriminating means they have a wider group of people to hire, thus better, more competent hires
    • Not discriminating means fewer people have a negative outlook of their company and are less likely to boycott their products

    None of that has anything to do with accepting/understanding that all human life has intrinsic value. It’s just about profits.

    Yet they would dump those profits down the drain just so they could discriminate a little longer, fucking idiots.