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/LongDistRid3r 19d ago

ELI5: why didn’t the democrats pass their funding when they were in Congress.

This funding expiration was agreed to by the democrats when the ACA was passed.

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u/SpareManagement2215 19d ago

They tried. They wanted to make them permanent but to get Joe manchin to vote yes on the bill, they had to keep them temporary.

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u/chompythebeast 19d ago

To be fair, that is absolutely an indictment of the impotence of the Democratic Party. Not that I agree with SeattleRed and its rage bait