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MarineCombatEngineer

(17,644 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 10:16 AM Dec 19

Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal.

A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress stop President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency.

A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations over passing a five-bill package of appropriations bills before Christmas said that Trump’s attempt to break up a premier weather and climate center based in Boulder, Colo., was like a “stick of dynamite” that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending.

Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet (D) and John Hickenlooper (D) objected to moving forward with the so-called minibus spending package that, if enacted into law, would result in 85 to 90 percent of the federal government being funding through September of 2026.

“We need to fix this problem,” Bennet said, explaining his opposition to moving forward with the spending package. “We’ll have to work together. We’ll have to work together to figure out how do this
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5656366-colorado-senators-block-minibus-deal/

Good for Colorado, there's no doubt in my mind that the proposed dismantling of this climate center in Boulder, CO. is because Colorado officials won't bend to Flim Flam Man's demand to release Tina Peters or transfer her to the Feds, which would be a release.
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Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal. (Original Post) MarineCombatEngineer Dec 19 OP
Good. jeffreyi Dec 19 #1
Even on Giiligan's Island... surfered Dec 19 #2
Climate Scientist Daniel Swain did a video about this the other day. subterranean Dec 19 #3
The oligarchs behind project 2025 KS Toronado Dec 19 #4
The selfishness is overwhelming BOSSHOG Dec 19 #5
They want to privatize this (and everything else) Bluetus Dec 19 #8
Bet you're right about the Peters angle duckworth969 Dec 19 #6
Bennet and Hickenlooper popsdenver Dec 19 #7
So, what was the ultimate outcome MCE? littlemissmartypants Dec 20 #9
The funding for the Fed. Govt. for 2026 has not been passed yet by the House MarineCombatEngineer Dec 20 #10
TY. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 20 #11

jeffreyi

(2,511 posts)
1. Good.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:06 AM
Dec 19

Dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research is catastrophic. Good on those fighting back.

subterranean

(3,745 posts)
3. Climate Scientist Daniel Swain did a video about this the other day.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:54 AM
Dec 19

It's a long video, but he talks about the importance of NCAR and what would be lost if it is dismantled.



Excerpt about the connection to Project 2025:

KS Toronado

(23,045 posts)
4. The oligarchs behind project 2025
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:14 PM
Dec 19

refuse to see what's creeping up behind them, all they want is a super small government where the
almighty dollar solves all their troubles.

Bluetus

(2,279 posts)
8. They want to privatize this (and everything else)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:27 PM
Dec 19

so that private companies can extort hundreds of billions of dollars for the information that is freely available today as part of the commons.

And, of course, they also want to silence any voices that speak the truth about our climate damage.

popsdenver

(1,527 posts)
7. Bennet and Hickenlooper
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:21 PM
Dec 19

went to the Senate, and in my opinion just sat there......We haven't heard much out of them all this time..........

We only recently started hearing about Bennet because he is running for Governor of Colorado, and for whatever reason, abandoning his Senate position......I am sure he will just sit tight in the U.S. Senate, if he loses the election for Governor.....
Great situation, when he, like all other elected officials, can spend their entire time running for a different elected office, and not doing the job they still are able to retain, while running their election campaign.....

We also don't hear much about our Denver U.S. House Representative.....DeGette

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,644 posts)
10. The funding for the Fed. Govt. for 2026 has not been passed yet by the House
Sat Dec 20, 2025, 12:52 PM
Dec 20

and Moses Mikey Johnson has adjourned the House so, near as I can determine, the threat of a Govt. shutdown on 2/1/2026 is still a very real possibility.

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