Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters

When he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chuck Schumer sounded as if he was relishing his standoff with the Republicans.

“Every day gets better for us,” he told Punchbowl News. As the shutdown got under way, Schumer explained, the Republican part believed that Democrats would quickly fold and vote to reopen the government, but instead they had stuck to their guns for a week and a half, demanding an array of concessions on healthcare and other issues.

Outrage followed from Republicans, who printed out the Senate minority leader’s remark on posters and condemned it before press conferences. The shutdown has prompted federal agencies to close or curtail operations nationwide, and forced hundreds of thousands of employees to stay home without immediate pay. Schumer, Republicans argued, was being callous.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    and that is how we ended up here

    football politics

    ‘both sides are not the same and my team with their combination of letters and colors dominates your bad team voting yay my side won we have freedom who needs facts’ red or blue maga attitude has ruined this country

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      25 days ago

      Yes indeed we ended up in fascism because of lazy fucks who don’t care to see the difference in coordinated active harm and a mix of good bad and neutral

      Every both sideser is either extraordinarily lazy or a closeted right winger

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        or have been burned every four years by the ‘not’ same party democrats who go to bed with republicans while shouting they’re on our side

        our laws and policies and who is writing our politicians checks say otherwise to the ‘both sides are not the same argument’

        this years dnc had protesters wanting end to war, have living wages, healthcare, ecetera forced to be outside the building begging to be heard while republicans were allowed in along with celebrities for fun filled night of celebrations for their collaborations

        how loud does something need to be to be considered noise?