Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
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Spineless Democrats have caved.
It's beyond infuriating, and to think that two of these Senators are from my state. Shaheen is a lost cause, she's not running again so she doesn't feel the need to do the right thing. Hassan is another matter and hopefully she'll be primaried in her next election.
The whole reason and point of the shutdown was because the Democrats were fighting for healthcare subsidies. We can just about kiss that goodbye now. Weeks of grueling shutdown ... only to lose what we were fighting for. Sabotaged by our own side. Brilliant.
These 8(?) Democrats have decided that a separate vote next month (if the republicans decide to even honor their promise) is good enough. Really? IF it even gets out of the Senate, it will be DOA in the House.
I'm furious. Will join whatever effort is made to unseat Hassan.
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Sen. Kaine has lost me going forward. If I'm still voting in Virginia when he comes up for reelection I will vote against him in any primary and will leave my ballot blank in a general election. Yes, even if I detest the Republican.
I said as much in my email to his office.
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Sen. Kaine has lost me going forward. If I'm still voting in Virginia when he comes up for reelection I will vote against him in any primary and will leave my ballot blank in a general election. Yes, even if I detest the Republican.
I said as much in my email to his office.
@Piano-Dad And I let Hassan know in a 'strongly worded letter' I wrote her this evening. She's not up for re-election until '28. Hopefully we'll have good primary choices.
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This is not at all a surprise.
The side that wanted a clean CR has literally always prevailed over the side that wanted to use the shutdown as leverage for their policy position.
In all previous shutdowns (at least in my lifetime) it has been the Dems pushing the CR. This is the first time it was reversed.
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True that.
I still think it could be a political win for the Dems, when the premiums rise. (Putting policy aside, obviously)
@jon-nyc said in Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown:
True that.
I still think it could be a political win for the Dems, when the premiums rise. (Putting policy aside, obviously)
Agree on both counts, but we're in the usual Democratic civil war territory again.
I've heard some rumblings that some of the 8 were taking the fall for many of the rest who wanted the shutdown over.
Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.
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@Daniel Schumer absolutely needs to go.
What everyone needs to do is ask your Senators if they support replacing Schumer. If the answer is "no", primary them. It doesn't matter if your Senator voted "no" on the funding bill, we don't really know how many Senators secretly wanted to support it but took cover and allowed 8 Senators who are either leaving the Senate or are not up for re-election, take the fall. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Schumer was in on this. At the very least, he is incapable of doing the hard fighting and keeping coherence in the party.
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@jon-nyc said in Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown:
True that.
I still think it could be a political win for the Dems, when the premiums rise. (Putting policy aside, obviously)
Agree on both counts, but we're in the usual Democratic civil war territory again.
I've heard some rumblings that some of the 8 were taking the fall for many of the rest who wanted the shutdown over.
@Piano-Dad That's what I've heard too.
