Democrats have only hardened their position as the government shutdown enters its 23rd day, leaving Republican majorities in Congress with few answers — and many criticisms.
For the 12th time, Senate Democrats blocked the Republican Party’s government funding legislation this week without a single senator switching his or her vote.
Just three Democratic caucus members voted for the bill: John Fetterman, D-Pa.; Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.; and Angus King, I-Maine. That means Republicans are still five votes short of the 60-vote threshold to ensure passage of the bill, just as they have been since before the government shut down 23 days ago.
Democratic voters had pressured their party to take a more confrontational posture toward Trump in the shutdown battle. The new stance may be paying off with the party’s base.
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The last shutdown ended after 35 days when LaGuardia was shutdown due to protests ftom airport workers who weren’t getting payed.
My prediction is a similar thing will happen.
They are about to miss a full paycheck this weekend, and it’s the end of the month, bills are about due. Things are about to start hurting.
If only we had an extra 40 billion…
Man. It would royally suck if some government flights stayed grounded because air traffic control refused to work. 😐
Maybe they can hold out until Thanksgiving
That’s a messaging shortcoming, not the public’s fault. If I have short attention span it is mostly because shit is stacking faster than I can cope.
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When I rewrite the 10 commandments, one is going to be “Thou shalt not be a mark.”
That was part of the plan, too. I think they put it in Project 2025.
Nah. That type of voter is also the type to just blame everything on the party in power.
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Every single newspaper acts like only the Democrats have any agency.
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Yeah, I’m actually happy with the Dem response here, and I don’t really compliment them often.
I’m annoyed that the press, as always, is completely in Republicans’ pockets. Notice how the whole article is practically waiting with bated breath for the Democrats to give in and open the government? They bury any talk of the ACA a few paragraphs in. The possibility that the Republicans could reopen the government by agreeing to extend healthcare subsidies is not really contemplated.
I’ve seen many articles across different papers, and this is a theme. Their narrative is that the Dems have shut down the government. Republicans defunding healthcare is always a foregone conclusion, and the story is always about the competition, never about the substance of the fight.
One reason people treat politics like a team sport is because that’s how it’s always covered.