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Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain (www.msnbc.com)

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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"You loose! You get nothing!"

The only new additions to the emerging deal are provisions reversing government layoffs ordered during the shutdown, language preventing new layoffs through the duration of the stopgap and back pay for federal workers — which is already required under a 2019 law.

Notably, there is no guarantee that the Obamacare subsidies will be extended — and no commitment from Republican House leaders to even hold a vote at all on the subsidies.

Still, the deal was good enough for seven Senate Democrats and one independent: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Angus King, I-Maine, Jackie Rosen, D-Nev., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

Not only do you get nothing, you also get to gear up to do it all over again in January:

Even if, as expected, both chambers pass the bill and President Donald Trump signs it, most of the government will only be funded through that stopgap bill going until Jan. 30.

Congress could be back to another standoff in a matter of weeks. And if the subsidies issue hasn’t been resolved by then, Republicans may have an even more difficult time persuading Democrats to come along on another funding bill.

When Shaheen was asked Sunday night if Democrats would be willing to vote against government funding in January — if Republicans hadn’t extended the subsidies — she said that was “certainly an option that I think everybody will consider.”

Fucking dipshits.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

Like the Dems will have any spine left for another shutdown...