• witten@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If the GOP fail to uphold their side of the deal, they can just shut the government down again, right away, with a clear and obvious justification.

    This is 100% incorrect. Come January, if the Democrats try to drag their feet on funding the government again, the Republican fascists can simply pass a continuing resolution to override the Democrats and prevent another shutdown. Those eight Democrats just gave up the only leverage they’ll ever have to bring back ACA subsidies.

    (The reason the Republicans couldn’t just pass a continuing resolution now to end the shutdown is that it can only be done once a year, and they already burned it on the Big Ugly Bill.)