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DK vs Democrats [1]

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Date: 2025-03-13

Just fyi, Schumer has a editorial in the NY Times about the CR. He says,

As bad as passing the continuing resolution would be, I believe a government shutdown is far worse. First, a shutdown would give Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk permission to destroy vital government services at a significantly faster rate than they can right now. Under a shutdown, the Trump administration would have wide-ranging authority to deem whole agencies, programs and personnel nonessential, furloughing staff members with no promise they would ever be rehired. The decisions about what is essential would, in practice, be largely up to the executive branch, with few left at agencies to check it.

I do think that, since the US electorate voted for a republican president, House and Senate, a shutdown will eventually happen anyway if it serves Trump/Musk. Why is DK spending so much time/energy venting against the minority of the Democrats left in the House/Senate?

There’s a quote about having to hang together, lest…

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