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Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Home Democrats stayed true to their phrase. They didn’t assist Speaker Mike Johnson’s CR and required Johnson to search out sufficient Republican votes to cross it on his personal.
Johnson and Trump twisted sufficient arms to get the CR handed 217-213. As a result of Home Democratic retreat this week, the Home shall be out of session till subsequent week.
Rep. Thomas Massie was the lone Republican to vote no, and Rep. Jared Golden was the one Democrat to vote sure.
The CR now strikes to the Senate, the place some Democrats are already displaying some weak knees.
And Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, who faces a doubtlessly robust reelection subsequent 12 months, informed CNN a shutdown is “not in our nation’s pursuits” and “we are going to see what comes out of the Home.”
Exasperated Democrats on each side of the Capitol privately really feel like they’re working with little readability of the opposite’s technique. Home Democrats are rising impatient as high Senate Democrats, together with Schumer, have but to put out their place. It’s not simply rank and file: Schumer has not briefed Jeffries on his plans, based on a Democratic lawmaker near Jeffries.
It’s a downside that Home and Senate Democrats seem like working on two completely different planets.
Home Democrats seem to have gotten the message from their supporters that they’re anticipated to withstand and battle.
Senate Democrats are reportedly anxious about being blamed for a shutdown, which, contemplating that they’re already within the minority, is a egocentric concern.
Senate Democrats ought to be extra anxious about demoralizing their base in order that they don’t present up and prove for key Senate races like in Michigan subsequent 12 months. Senate Democrats want to grasp that they aren’t going to woo moderates or their supporters by rolling over and enjoying lifeless for Trump.
Democrats need to battle. Home Democrats didn’t cave, held the road, and made Johnson and Trump provide you with the votes.
Senate Democrats ought to do the identical or be ready to face a backlash from supporters.
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