Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

[Piano*Dad]

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.

[Bernard]

@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.

[jon-nyc]

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.

[Piano*Dad]

The difference here is that the side that held its caucus together (the GOP) was the side getting most of the blame for the shutdown.

[jon-nyc]

True that.

I still think it could be a political win for the Dems, when the premiums rise. (Putting policy aside, obviously)

[CHAS]

The Democratic Cave Caucus.

[jon-nyc]

[Daniel]

Other than a the wails of millions of people suffering and a mountain of dead bodies... Oh, wait. It does matter. Assholes.

[Daniel]

Schumer should resign. Enough.

[Axtremus]

Link to video

[Piano*Dad]

[Piano*Dad]

@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.

[Bernard]

@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.

[Bernard]

@Piano-Dad That's what I've heard too.