Well, they went and did it. So, now what?
On Tuesday evening, Democrats voted against a stopgap spending bill the House of Representatives passed last month to keep the government open, triggering a government shutdown.
The minority party did so on the premise that they wanted the continuing resolution vote to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act marketplace put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic, which received another extension in 2022.
Needless to say, neither side has a political incentive to give an inch, which means this could be a long shutdown.
"They don't have the high ground in this, in this situation," Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told The Independent. "It warms my heart to say it, because I don't, I don't recall a time ever when Republicans have had the high ground during a government shutdown."
Republicans think they can make the shutdown as painful for Democrats as possible and many Republican voters already don't believe in government.
"Well, most of them are cheering us on," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told The Independent about his constituents. "They like the idea that government's shut down, they think it's too big anyway."
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