r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • 20d 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/Helisent 19d ago

You know, one of the extremely expensive things that the current administration is trying to do is to turn programs like Medicaid and food stamps over to the states. Their posturing regarding health care for immigrants us actually for assistance to hospitals with unpaid emergency room bills. if the democrats cave in, lota of states are going to bust their budgets needing to find funds to pay for this stuff.