Posted on 11/09/2025 8:57:01 AM PST by DFG
The Supreme Court's decision to allow the administration to pay only partial SNAP benefits during the shutdown gives Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress a clear road to victory in the shutdown fight now entering its 39th day.
SCOTUS recognized that this is not a separation of powers constitutional issue. It's a political issue, and the Supreme Court tends to avoid intervening in political disputes. The ball is now firmly in the hands of the Democrats, who have gotten themselves into a no-win situation.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tried a delay gambit, offering to reopen the government if the GOP would allow Obamacare subsidies to continue unchanged for a year. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was having none of it.
“They’re feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic,” Thune said. He referred to the Democrats' offer as a “nonstarter.”
Schumer's "offer" was ludicrous. Republicans offered last month to maintain the Obamacare subsidies in the stopgap Continuing Resolution (CR) proposal that would have funded the government through Nov. 21 (now through Jan. 20), while the two sides negotiated on the subsidies.
The ploy didn't work. The offer of a "clean" CR is still available, and Democrats are only painting themselves into a corner by not accepting it.
However, Schumer is caught in his own trap. He raised expectations among the Democrats' base for a fight to the finish, and if he doesn't deliver, people will start asking questions about why he didn't take a deal a month ago. At that time, Schumer sought an agreement tied to a permanent extension of Obamacare subsidies and the repeal of Medicaid cuts that Trump had signed into law the previous summer.
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The headline sounds pretty optimistic to me. I’ll believe it when I see it…
All the Democrats are demanding is that the GOP agree to their agenda and pass it into law.
Is that an unreasonable request?🙄
The clock is ticking towards Thanksgiving, the biggest travel season of the year. Democrats need to be aware the disrupting air travel is at their own risk. Anyone who is planning on flying commercial had better start thinking about alternative means.
The GOP is the party of stupid politics. They will lose the shutdown fight. Biggly.
“Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out”...Ass.Press Oct.1
The clock is ticking towards Thanksgiving, the biggest travel season of the year.
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Good one. I think this will put enormous pressure on the Rats.
The problem is the dumb brainwashed Americans blame Trump thanks to the fake news media.
AOC snickers gets new name plate for new office made.
Keep it shut until they sign the clean CR. Pay no ransom for political hostages!
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