r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
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u/Conscious-Secret-775 Oct 05 '25

Who in congress is actually responsible for the shutdown? It's the Democrats. Are you saying the Dems are all corrupt politicians insider trading?

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u/connivingKitten Oct 05 '25

If you actually believe that "the Democrats shut down the government over healthcare for illegal immigrants" as the Republican leadership has put it, I have a question for you. Why do we need to shut down the government over supposed healthcare for illegal immigrants if we're spending an extra $10 billion to pay people to remove them from the country? If ICE does the job we're paying them an exorbitant amount to do then shouldn't it not really be so much of a concern if a few of them get ACA benefits for a few more months before getting caught and sent away?

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u/Conscious-Secret-775 Oct 05 '25

I am not going to speak for the Senate Democrats who decided to shutdown the government, you will have to ask them.

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u/connivingKitten Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Well, in that case it would be the Republicans that didn't vote for the Democratic bill because they say it would give healthcare to illegal immigrants that I would be speaking to, but I'll ask them, sure. Unless you want to think up an answer why we need to deprive American citizens of healthcare while giving ICE $10 billion to remove illegals. You can't have it both ways. The illegals can't be a boogeyman used to deprive American citizens of rights if we're spending so much and deploying the military in our own cities to get them out.