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Senator Who Caved on Shutdown Says “Standing Up to Trump Didn’t Work” (newrepublic.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/politics@lemmy.world
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It doesn’t get more pathetic than this.

Oh I disagree that the Democrats won't be more pathetic than this.

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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Dems made them promise to put those ACA measures back in next year.

They got Thune to promise a separate vote in the senate on the ACA credits, probably in December. Even if that passed in the senate, Johnson won't schedule a vote on it in the house. And if by some miracle it passed the house, Trump would just veto it.

It's nothing. It's absolutely nothing. At most they got Republicans to vote against ACA credits specifically, which is nothing compared to other shit they've already voted on, and will be far less effective than letting them take the heat for the shut down. The fact that they were willing to prolong the shut down just to kill the ACA credits says a lot more than a simple vote would.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Even if trump were to sign it, enrollment ends on December 15th, so agreeing to hold a vote in December basically guarantees people will be hit with higher premiums which is what they were fighting to avoid.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago*

    Blue states need to implement their own public healthcare options. The longer we rely on the Federal government for it, the more likely it gets taken away at this point in time. People living in Purple and Red states will be the ones demanding it if all the Blue states are not even using it.

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