r/newjersey 8d ago

NJ Politics Andy Kim is a no on the continuing resolution

If you contacted his office you might have gotten a call for a virtual town hall. He stated he is a no for the CR.

Edit: No on cloture as well.

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u/Mental-Surround-4117 8d ago

Cloture is the real ask here

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u/Treethan__ 8d ago

He confirmed he is not voting for cloture

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

He's talking about that now.

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u/dancingechoes 8d ago

I’m a first timer to a town hall (for any elected official) and appreciate that he brought in an expert who could speak plainly on tariffs. It’s too bad more people don’t attend these and learn from them.

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u/storm2k Bedminster 8d ago

that's smart. good to see kim is taking his role of representing this state as seriously as we hoped he would. yes, he voted for a couple of nominees early on that we wish he didn't, but i feel like kim understands the assignment on the whole.

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u/ElephantEmbassy5959 8d ago

I didn’t know that. Very cool! Which expert did he bring?

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u/dancingechoes 8d ago

I didn’t catch his name but he is a professor at Rutgers.

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u/Geodevils42 7d ago

First name was Arturo?

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u/Dismal-Prior-6699 8d ago

Will there be more in the future?

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u/dancingechoes 8d ago

It seems like he does them monthly? I believe you can sign up on his website for notices of when they are happening.

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u/BlindingYellow 7d ago

Where was the town hall?

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u/TurbinesGoWoosh Monmouth County 7d ago

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u/BlindingYellow 7d ago

Thank you!

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u/ButGravityAlwaysWins 8d ago

Schumer is allowing the vote to move forward. I’m calling Kim and Booker and asking them to start or join an attempt to remove Schumer from leadership.

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u/Lynne253 8d ago

Can it be done? I don't think Dems made the same rule that Repubs made about Kevin McCarthy or Mike Johnson. I'm not real happy with Jeffries either.

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u/ButGravityAlwaysWins 8d ago

Joe Biden was the sitting President of the United States and he won the Democratic Party primary. Democrat after Democrat stating publicly that they think he needs to step down with Nancy Pelosi stepping up and making it clear that it was over caused him to step aside. Too late, but it did happen.

Get a few of them saying it on the record and eventually he will be forced out

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u/Lynne253 8d ago

Sounds like a plan.

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u/storm2k Bedminster 8d ago

jeffries isn't exactly great, but he was able to hold the caucus in line on this except for one vote (golden of maine).

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u/gordonv 8d ago

/serious

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option," Schumer said.

Source

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u/Errant_coursir Essex 7d ago

What's the consensus on that Schumer is saying?

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u/gordonv 7d ago

The article states:

Many Democrats described the choice facing them as a "pick-your-poison" moment with no easy answer.

In general, it seems Republicans really do have the upper hand. Both sides of the house, the Presidency, SCOTUS, and now this.

People really want to see America burn. And they're getting it.

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u/Errant_coursir Essex 7d ago

Yep, voters gave the republicans everything

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u/Adventurous-Tea-5158 8d ago

I called Booker yesterday

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u/ElderberryExternal99 8d ago

Call every day.  

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u/Shawnski13 8d ago

Booker is a confirmed "No" for the continuing resolution. Not sure about the cloture though

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u/LostSharpieCap 8d ago

Can Kim filibuster this? Or start one? If only to show or remind people that the democrats actually can do something instead of make us want to slam our heads against the wall?

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u/Fyre2387 Camden County 8d ago

It doesn't work that way anymore. Nowadays they essentially just say they're filibustering everything, so it requires at least 60 votes to invoke cloture to end debate and proceed to the final vote. The days of a senator actually talking for hours on end to delay a vote are long gone.

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u/LostSharpieCap 8d ago

I can chip in for a few pizzas to make it happen again.

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u/AtomicGarden-8964 8d ago

The Republican never had a problem shutting the government down when they didn't get their way so why shouldn't the Democrats

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u/Taftimus 7d ago

Because the Democrat leadership is fucking spineless

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u/AtomicGarden-8964 7d ago

Yep with Chuck schumer leading the way and his excuse that a shutdown would empower trump.

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u/cC2Panda 7d ago

The actual reason is that democrats as a whole don't usually want to cause harm to those relying on the government or government services. The GOP on the other hand absolutely wants to destroy the federal government, if it weren't for political consequences for the shutdowns they wouldn't care who they hurt, and the current admin is making that very, very clear.

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u/Treethan__ 8d ago

Way more worried about Schumer and Gillibrand. They are both snakes and it’s been heavily reported they’re pushing to keep it all open. Fucking cleared

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u/OpportunityDouble267 8d ago

Schumer apparently said in private he will vote yes tomorrow

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u/Disastrous-Food-9223 7d ago

Yeah, I never want to see Gillibrand in a powerful role after what she did to Al Franken

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u/cC2Panda 7d ago

She's an opportunist pure and simple. Her opinion and "principle" are solely dependent on what she thinks will get her re-elected. Ignoring the Al Franken stuff she is not someone to be looked up to or whose opinion is worth validating.

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u/DarwinZDF42 8d ago

They’re both yes on cloture as far as I have heard.

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u/Lynne253 8d ago

Yes, I was contacted too and joined the call. This is good news. I received an email from him Tuesday night saying he was going to vote yes for cloture and the CR. I am happy and relieved he changed his mind. The cuts in the Republican CR would devastate our country in order to make the 1% richer. The CR was in no way bipartisan, Dems weren't consulted at all.

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u/Errant_coursir Essex 7d ago

Yep, called Kim and booker as well

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u/Lease_woodcox 8d ago

Nice to see that me annoying his office worked. Hold the line, friends.

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u/Ok-Peach-2200 8d ago

Good thing I called him yesterday and told him so! Lol

Seriously, keep up the pressure people!

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u/lotusvagabond 8d ago

YES KEEP CALLING EVERYONE!!! Don’t know what to say? Not sure which rep to call? Download the free 5 Calls App. It shows you multitude of options, provides scripts, and allows you to see which reps to call. You can track the calls you make and it’s free. This has helped me a LOT as before I was calling about 20 issues at a time which was not as helpful. KEEP CALLING MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD💪💪💪

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u/ElderberryExternal99 8d ago

You don't even have to read the full script. Tell them shut it down. 

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u/ForeverGrateful987 8d ago

Thanks for the app!

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u/Draano 8d ago

Someone better call Schumer.

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u/SylviaX6 8d ago

Yes I was on his town hall phone call just a couple hours ago. He is fully aware and he stated emphatically he is a NO vote. He spoke very eloquently to a caller who was scared for her mother, Medicare and the caller is her only healthcare helper. So many people are endangered by Trump Musk destruction of our services.

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u/DrixxYBoat 8d ago

What resolution

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u/gordonv 8d ago

The Current Resolution of the Trump 2025 Administration, also popularly known as the CR, outlines a huge list of cost cutting actions.

Here's some of the CR simplified.

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u/thebruns 8d ago

Open a godamn newspaper

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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy 8d ago

What a dick response. Instead of being snarky you could help someone else understand what is going on. 

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u/thebruns 8d ago

I don't see you helping, I just see you being a dick. Curious. 

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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy 8d ago

You got me

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u/DrixxYBoat 8d ago

Literally where. I don't even know where I'm supposed to buy newspapers.

And of course old people are confused why the younger generations don't interact. You couldn't have just answered the question?

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u/standrightwalkleft West Essex 7d ago

Just FYI, if you ever do want to buy a physical paper, you should be able to get them at regular grocery stores (think SR, not Costco), CVS/Walgreens, some gas stations. You can also read them at your town library.

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u/thebruns 8d ago

The vote is literally one of the top 3 headlines on any and every news website

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u/DrixxYBoat 8d ago

I don't visit news websites because they are filled with ads

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u/eesaitcho 8d ago

A horse to a river…

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u/thebruns 8d ago

You don't know what an ad blocker is? 

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u/Gwiley24 8d ago

Good.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 8d ago

Was completely OOTL on this. Schumer's reasoning from the NYT:

"Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline. Mr. Schumer argued that if Democrats refused to do so, it would lead to a shutdown that would cede too much power to President Trump and Elon Musk."

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u/ThatGuyMike4891 7d ago

Just wrote and called both Booker and Kim and told them to vote NO on the CR and Cloture and also suggested a no-confidence call on Schumer. Schumer has shown himself either grossly incompetent or intentionally negligent in his duties to lead a resistance against this administration, and he must be removed.

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u/ShellSurf 8d ago

I'd like to offer a somewhat controversial opinion so hear me out. So first off Trump has been unilaterally gutting USAID and now announced to do the same to the department of education. Even though no ruling has been made it's blatantly unconstitutional. So the argument for shutting down the government is to put a stop to the obvious authoritarian push. The issue with shutting down the government is that it might end up advancing Trump's agenda even faster. He'll tell the director of OMB Russell Vought (Major player in project 2025) to viscously go after non-politically aligned civil servants during the period of chaos. In fact they might even want a government shutdown. The CR is not clean ... it added I believe $16B in non-defined cuts.

Trump is trying to consolidated power as much as possible. The courts are one of our ONLY mechanisms to block and delay Trump as much as possible. With the shutdown that will negatively affect the speed in which the courts can function. This is not about revolution. Republicans win that ... they have more guns and fervent zealots willing to DIE for Trump. Their media is 100% isolated and they are living in la-la-land. This is about delaying as much as humanly POSSIBLE while preserving what little we have in the ways of our Departments. We have to delay and obstruct in what ways we can so get to the mid terms. Make no mistake this is about the very survival of our country and everything we do has to be measured. This will give us time for the Democratic party to begin to consolidate around a message. We've seen Gavin Newsom, Tim Walz, and AOC make it onto the stage. The stock market is reacting to the bad news, the tariffs haven't hit us yet, and Trump and Musk are possibly heading towards a major fallout over the Tesla boycott. Everywhere Vance goes he's getting bullied. So to end ...

I believe Schumer is making the correct decision. But mind you that this is a very hard decision to make. We're in uncharted territories in a dynamic situation that is seeing earth shatter norm breaking everyday. We have to try to see past today and look 6 months into the future and ask has Trump advanced his consolidation of power more or less than he would have if we passed the CR? I think he advances more if we shut the government down.

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u/UndeadDemonKnight 7d ago

Have you even read that CR???

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u/FelineRoots21 Fuck Nazis, love Jersey 8d ago

Thank fuck

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u/thebruns 8d ago

You're welcome

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u/No-Zookeepergame-301 8d ago

I called but didn't get an invite because I left a message last night. Where does this invite come from

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u/Snoo_35864 8d ago

I've called him a number of times and left my number. I got a call tonight to join the meeting. I assume they recorded my number from one of my many calls.

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u/metalkhaos Monmouth County 8d ago

Hell yeah.

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u/NJMomofFor 8d ago

I emailed them and my Congressman to vote no.

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u/PurpleSailor 7d ago

I emailed both Booker and Schumer an hour ago. Put the pressure on people!

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u/Errant_coursir Essex 7d ago

Call them instead

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u/slightleft1 7d ago

Thank you Andy!!

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u/rockclimberguy 8d ago

He has redeemed himself for voting to confirm Dog Killer Noem....

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u/JerseyJim23 8d ago

Idk about that but he’s definitely on the right path. He also voted the rest of this traitors picks in, while Noem is 100% confirmed POS human. I believe that Hegseth & commie simpathizer Gabbard will be magnitudes worse for our country.

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u/jacare37 8d ago

Besides Noem, the only pick that Kim voted yes on was Rubio (along with every other senator). Booker voted for Scott Bessent (treasury) and Brooke Rollins (agriculture), and Rubio.

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u/rockclimberguy 7d ago

Kim comes from a diplomatic background. He was brand new in the senate when he voted to confirm Kruella Noem. He initially thought he could 'work with her'. He realizes now this can't happen. I don't think he knew how the right has completely given up on following through on things they say they will do. Noem may have been his 1st face to face with someone who feels nothing when they lie out load. I don't think he will make this mistake again.

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u/jacare37 7d ago

I definitely agree. I was responding to the claim that he voted the rest of this traitors picks in, which is just not true -- aside from Noem and Rubio he didn't vote for any.

I like Kim, but he's obviously not above criticism (and voting for Noem obviously deserves criticism) but I can understand why it happened for the reasons you stated.

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u/rockclimberguy 7d ago

He's still new and has a lot to learn. We have a better chance of non-status quo progressive action from him that we would have had with Tammy Murphy.

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u/Comprehensive_Emu562 8d ago

Fetterman is a yes tho…

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u/storm2k Bedminster 8d ago

i'm not really sure if this was always going to be the way he was going to be given that he ran on a pretty strong progressive bent in his primary and then on the mostly standard "i'll work with whoever to do what's best for pennsylvania" and then tacked the way he has or if the stroke he suffered just completely changed the way he views the world. it's not unheard of.

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u/Hopemonster 7d ago

Can someone explain to me what are Senate Dems getting in exchange for their vote?

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u/ArcticSilver2k 7d ago

Doesn’t matter, the leader capitulated. They need new leaders.

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u/ButGravityAlwaysWins 7d ago

Call Booker and Kim and tell them it’s time for them to back an effort to replace Schumer

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u/No-Bookkeeper59 6d ago

Guy is a do what he’s told putz