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Scrivener7

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1. Exactly. They should be saying, "This is your government. If you all can't agree on

Reply to mr715 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:25 PM

Sep 29

funding, that's your problem. If you vote to shut the government down, that's your decision. We have nothing to do with it.

BUT if you can't all agree, and you need our votes to keep the government open, you'll need to give us stuff in return. If you don't, that's your problem and your decision to shut the government."

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Reminder: The minority does not run government [View all] mr715 Sep 29 OP

Exactly. They should be saying, "This is your government. If you all can't agree on Scrivener7 Sep 29 #1

But again, that strategic framing has sailed away mr715 Sep 29 #3

I know. It's astonishing. WTH are they thinking? Scrivener7 Sep 29 #5

I don't mind their negotiating iemanja Sep 29 #2

He only talks to the Baileys. mr715 Sep 29 #4

K&R UTUSN Sep 29 #6

Rs need 60 in Senate. Rs do not have 60 in Senate. Thus negotiation. Ds not powerless. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 29 #7

They'll torch the filibuster in three weeks. nt mr715 Sep 29 #8