It doesn’t get more pathetic than this.

Oh I disagree that the Democrats won’t be more pathetic than this.

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    It’s probably a move to appease the corporate donors. I believe it kicks the can for the shutdown to be next year since it’s pretty much guaranteed to happen again.

    Dems made them promise to put those ACA measures back in next year. They can light a fire under Republicans during midterms if they don’t stick to their word and there could even be another shutdown which would tank Republicans at the polls.

    It was a weak move to cave this time around, but there’s a lot of room to demand even more when it’s right around midterms.

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      Dems made them promise

      Can’t trust the promise of liars. They threw it all away for a promise of a vote that will never fucking happen.

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        If Dems are smart they would use the failure to deliver on that promise by Republicans and the possibility of another shutdown to pass positive legislation leading up to midterms.

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          This was the only leverage dems had for this congressional budget year. They gave it up for a vote on a single concession, which will be voted against.

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            Corporations likely came in requesting things to open back up else a lot of the corporate donor money would stop. It was not a good move to fold, imo, they likely are aiming to make this a next year’s issue.

            If Republicans vote against the concession then that will make even Republican voters upset, since so many people depend on having lower health insurance premiums via the ACA subsidies.