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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeh Johnson says Senate Democrats need to end the shutdown and stop hurting federal workers for their pet issue

"I’m gonna break from the party line here on this. I’m a Democrat. I’m with John Fetterman and Angus King... The most basic function of Congress is to fund the government, turn the lights on, keep the government working so that the 3 million people who are public servants are able to do what they do.”

“I believe that Congress should vote to re-open the government. Apparently, you need seven Democrats to make that happen in the Senate. I think that the mistake our democracy is making is linking the need for that 60 votes to some other issue, even though it’s a very, very critical issue. Because what’s going to happen is that this will occur every fall from this point forward.”[/quote]

I agree with Johnson. The substance behind the disagreements that led to this shutdown isn't on par with past shutdowns. This is a matter of Dems in Congress taking an opportunity to make some noise and slow the GOP agenda. I get why they feel the need to do that but holding the American people and country as hostages in a shutdown isn't the best approach. Risk vs reward and damage vs progress calculations indicate voting to re-open the Federal Government is prudent.[/quote]

Not at this point. Country is already being held hostage by Vought and Miller. We don’t have a democracy anymore so what does it matter if Senate Democrats vote for a CR. Vought will just move around money to pay the people they want to pay. Miller will send out his thugs. Trump will bribe other country officials.

If anything, they should insist that Grijalva is seated first and the House returns to session.[/quote]

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