Letter: After This Government Shutdown, Consider Your Vote Next November

Letter: After this government shutdown, consider your vote next November

To the editor, If everybody is right and no one is wrong, you might have just found yourself in the halls of Congress. Elections have boiled down to a collection of charismatic caricatures capturing our attention with soliloquies of sound bites that sooth the savage beast within us. You can lean to the left, you can lean to the right, or you can try to walk the tightrope that connects them. Any way you lean or teeter, you’re painted into a corne…

Joe: Democrats focused our attention on health care costs, and it was the right move

The Senate voted Monday night to end the longest government shutdown in history after eight members of the Democratic caucus joined Republicans in passing a short-term spending bill. The Morning Joe panel discusses why the Democrats' shutdown loss may turn out to be a big win.

With Unity And Grace, Democrats Can Build Powerful Midterm Message On Shutdown

The shutdown is winding down as eight Senate Democrats (7 Democrats and one Independent who caucuses with Democrats) voted with Republicans to get to the 60 votes needed to reopen the government. The ensuing spending plan will not include the health coverage subsidies for which the Democrats were holding out.There is a lot of legitimate anger at the “defectors.” If you were going to cave, why wait until day 40? With public opinion leaning your w…

Jeffries on Shutdown: 'We Have Elevated, Successfully, the Issue' of ACA Subsidies

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that “there’s a lot of disappointment as it relates to what those seven or eight Senate Democrats decided to do. I am thankful for what The post Jeffries on Shutdown: ‘We Have Elevated, Successfully, the Issue’ of ACA Subsidies appeared first on Breitbart.

Democrats revolt over end of shutdown, but will voters still care by the midterms?

The decision by a handful of Senate Democrats has roiled the party and sparked fierce backlash against it for giving up the shutdown fight ahead of midterms.

Jon Stewart Goes Berserk After Democrats Cave on Government Shutdown Agreement

“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart took aim at Senate Democrats on Monday following passage of legislation that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, criticizing the party for agreeing to a deal without securing its key priorities. The Senate passed an amended continuing resolution that will fund the government through Jan. 30, 2026, while providing full-year appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Vet…