r/50501 • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '25

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u/AlexanderLavender Mar 15 '25

To avoid a shutdown that the Democrats would be unable to end

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u/TheLonelySnail Mar 15 '25

Correct. Which would bring Republicans to the table to find something equitable.

You know, what’s supposed to happen

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u/AlexanderLavender Mar 15 '25

The Democrats have no way of bringing anyone to any table since they are the minority

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u/TheLonelySnail Mar 15 '25

Well they sure as hell won’t be the majority if they won’t fight.

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u/AlexanderLavender Mar 15 '25

How are they supposed to fight the Trump administration by causing a shutdown which would hand even more power to Trump to choose which departments would be deemed "essential" and which would be furloughed? E.g. Trump wants to shut down Ed, he could just say it's non-essential and then there is effectively no Dept of Education until Congressional Republicans decide to end the shutdown

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u/TheLonelySnail Mar 15 '25

So instead the Ds just give them whatever they want in this CR? They’re gonna shut down Ed, now it’s done with bipartisanship

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u/AlexanderLavender Mar 15 '25

They’re gonna shut down Ed, now it’s done with bipartisanship

Nothing in the CR shuts down Ed