Democrats in Congress got hit with a sucker punch Monday when the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents federal workers, put out a statement calling for an end to the government shutdown.
"The path forward for Congress is clear: Reopen the government immediately under a clean continuing resolution that allows continued debate on larger issues," AFGE president Everett Kelley said in a statement on Monday.
The statement poses a significant issue for Democrats in their strategy for the government shutdown.
Democrats calculated that federal workers would endure the temporary pain if it meant they could force Republicans to extend the Covid-era enhanced tax credits.
Even last week, a majority of Senate Democrats voted against a proposal by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) to pay some federal workers, which Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) called "Let the President Decide who he feels Like Paying Act."
Republicans have never particularly liked federal workers, seeing the government workforce as bloated, and they aren't too keen on labor unions.
But Democrats, who have long focused on how DOGE battered the federal workforce and considered themselves the party of labor, seeing one call for an end to the shutdown throws a wrench in their strategy.
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