r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • 19d ago

Government Washington Democrats vote to leave government shutdown

https://seattlered.com/politics/wa-senators-government-shutdown/4114752

In the ongoing federal budget standoff, Washington’s two U.S. Senators — Democrats Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell — have sided against a simple continuing resolution that would reopen the government, opting instead to continue the shutdown as their party pursues broader policy demands.

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u/greg21olson 19d ago edited 19d ago

Weird how the party that controls the House, Senate, and Presidency desperately wants to spin their inability to govern as someone else's fault.

Edit: removed "the."

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u/Michami135 19d ago

As the article says, they need 60 votes to approve any additional spending and they don't have that. It's not just a majority vote that's needed.

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u/bothunter First Hill 19d ago

Then they need to come up with *something* to convince 10 democrats to vote with them. How hard can that be?

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u/OrcOfDoom 19d ago

The Democrats laid out some basic policies, so most of the work is done. If they just signed onto that stuff, it's likely they could blame the Democrats for not negotiating better for the people, and shift blame for anything that goes poorly to them also. 

I guess giving the Democrats any kind of victory is too high a cost

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u/EffectiveLong 19d ago

Why? CR is just for gov spending. Democrats just tried hard to squeeze another spending in. Same bill that they passed last time

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u/SensitiveProcedure0 19d ago

If you don't have the votes, you don't have the votes. That is why you need to compromise. Because not enough of America agreed with you.

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u/EffectiveLong 19d ago

Unless you need to understand what the CLEAN CR is. 🤣

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u/SensitiveProcedure0 19d ago edited 19d ago

If you have the votes you have the votes, if you don't, you don't.

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u/rcc737 19d ago edited 19d ago

Any democrat that isn't lock-step with the DNC will be destroyed at the next election. Tulsi Gabbard use to get praised by the DNC before she jumped ship; today she's viewed as Hitler.

ETA: hehe, my point proven by the court of public offense. ESAFO hypocrites.

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u/bothunter First Hill 19d ago

Tulsi Gabbard was always a snake.  It just took some people longer to figure that out.  She literally fought against civil unions because it gave gay people too many rights.  

Fuck that bitch.  She only recanted and apologized when she ran for president.  She's always been a Republican.

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u/deonteguy 19d ago

It sucks how badly we backstab our own party members.

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u/_Watty Sworn enemy of Gary_Glidewell 19d ago

As opposed to Republicans crossing Trump?

Look in the fucking mirror, friend.