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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am bumping this thread because---- how on Earth is the shutdown not a huge story right now?!?![/quote]

Republicans have always wanted to shut down the government. So they did it. Fox News hate stories about the Federal Government being reopened. The Dems are happy the government is shut down because the Federal government is being used to arrest and imprison democrats.

It is a good thing the US Military, DHS, FBI, DOJ, ICE, etc are not getting a paycheck. All those organizations and the people in them have declared war on Blue states and democrats.

If the Dems don’t want it opened it will remain closed. Hope it causes a lot of pain.[/quote]

Republicans passed a CR in the House.

It's democrats who decided not to vote for it in the Senate.

Fact: Republicans did not shut down the government.[/quote]

Democrats are required to vote for whatever the house passes?[/quote]
They don't have to vote for it, but they can allow it to be brought up for a vote.  [b]Still unclear why this 60 vote threshold is there[/b].  I thought all budget bills are no filibuster.

That said, Republicans gain by having Democrats not vote for it, since they get to fire lots of federal workers and downsize the government.[/quote]

Protects the minority party and is to encourage compromise. Having control of a chamber does not mean the minority party has to acquiesce to the majority demands. Why have a Congress then? R's have benefitted from the Filibuster in the past. Both sides have.

As for the firing of workers, pat yourself on the back. But the fact is, it will cost the government a LOT Of money just from the lawsuits alone. So good job?[/quote]

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