This shutdown isn’t business as usual. Republicans, led by Trump, offered a continuing resolution that that would have kept existing funding levels the same. But if Democrats had accepted that deal, they would have effectively given approval to all of the terrible and wildly unpopular policies that Trump has pushed through since retaking office.
That agenda includes deep cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid, and worst of all, Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill.” That bill gave the wealthiest Americans a massive tax break, paid for by slashing Medicaid, Medicare, food assistance, clean energy programs, and Affordable Care Act subsidies. It squeaked through the Senate last July on a party-line vote using the reconciliation process.
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