'Music to Republicans’ ears': GOP strategy to force Dems on funding revealed

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Washington is once again locked in its favorite ritual: the countdown to a government shutdown. The script feels familiar—Republicans offering a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to keep the lights on, Democrats loading it with demands, and both sides trading accusations of hostage-taking. But behind the noise, the contours of this fight reveal deeper fractures in how each party is approaching the moment. At the center of the standoff is the Ob…

'Music to Republicans’ ears': GOP strategy to force Dems on funding revealed

When it comes to their strategy in the fight with Democrats over government funding and another looming government shutdown, Republicans say just let Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) keep talking, reports The Hill.“I think he’s disconnected from the reality of what’s happening on the ground in a lot of places,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), told The Hill.“People don’t want dysfunction. They don’t want a government shutdown. The…