The White House is estimating that 3.5M federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down.
  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.comOP
    34·
    1 year ago

    Would a border wall get Democrat votes? No. Probably not get some Republicans. If the Republicans presented a clean bill, then I think you could win your bet.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      64·
      1 year ago

      Democrats cave when Republicans shut down the government. Stop pretending the past 30 years didn’t happen.

      • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
        31·
        1 year ago

        They didn’t the last 4 that happened under Trump.

        That’s right. 4 government shutdowns happened under the orange turd.

        They won’t cave. They will watch them splinter into two camps and work with the moderate ones and get the senate one passed with a new speaker.

      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.comOP
        25·
        1 year ago

        Democrats do not bite on poison pills. So far that’s the only thing McCarthy has put on the floor and even his own caucus won’t vote for them.