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Chuck Schumer Wins Trump’s Praise After Shutdown Surrender
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"Needing 8 Democrats to pass the budget" is what you call "a position of power". Democrats piss every bit of power away for nothing, then we're still swamped with idiots online going "what do you expect them to do?"
When Republicans need Democratic votes to pass something, that means Democrats should get something in return. When Dems are in power, they water down legislation and say they need to do that to court Republicans who still don't vote for the bill. When Dems are in the minority, they vote with Republicans and complain about not being able to do anything.
Most MAGA Republicans would rather a shutdown than giving in to Democratic points. The alternative wasn't Democrats getting one or two of their points in the budget in exchange for it passing, the alternative was a government shutdown.
I fully agree that when the Democrats have power they do absolutely nothing with it, but in this case I fail to see how they could have gotten any of their points in.
How is giving him congressional approval going to help? The Doomers keep obeying in advance. Try fighting for something.
The alternative isn't "keeping the government operating". Its letting the Republicans know that they can shutdown anything they want while the Democrats do nothing.