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Posted on 11/10/2025 4:27:30 AM PST by lasereye
After nearly 40 days, the Schumer Shutdown is finally over. Enough Democrats are reportedly crossing over, abandoning their party’s intransigent stance, to allow the government to resume operations. From what has been reported, it doesn’t sound like the Republicans gave up anything significant.
Based on the speeches by Chuck Schumer (bordering on the insane) and John Thune, it sounds like what tipped the balance was disruption to air travel. Important Democrats are not on food stamps, but they fly. A lot. So when a shutdown of air travel threatened, pressure on Democratic senators became irresistible. That is my reading of the situation, anyway.
CNN reports:
A critical group of at least eight Senate Democratic centrists has reached a deal with Senate GOP leaders and the White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care subsidies, according to two people familiar with the discussions — even as the rest of their party has openly pilloried the deal. ***
At least eight Senate Democrats have agreed to vote for the deal, which was brokered Sunday night between three former governors — Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Angus King of Maine and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire — along with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the White House.
One of those Democrats is Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who represents thousands of federal workers in the state and who said he supports the GOP’s promise for a future vote on the subsidies.
The final vote is uncertain as of this writing, but evidently the votes are there to end the shutdown. Maybe more troubling information will come out in days to come, but at this point it appears that the Democrats have simply caved, and Republicans have not given up anything of importance.
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It’s just transitioning to the Jeffries shutdown
“and Republicans have not given up anything of importance.”
Coming from Hinderaker adds credibility, we’ll see.
> Although as I understand it there is some reversal of the downsizing efforts.
My understanding is that about 4000 removed during the shutdown will be reinstated. This does not affect the ~250,000 already removed before the shutdown.
Face saving for the Dems.
From another article: “Also a part of the deal is reversing mass firings from the federal government that were central to the Trump administration’s stated goals of shrinking the federal government—an effort spearheaded at the time by OMB Director Russ Vought.”
ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!???
We have to take the leeches back onboard!?
Disruption to air travel around the upcoming holidays.
It’s not over. The house needs to pass and Trump needs to sign. Then it is over, except for the senators who won’t nuke the filibuster, pissed off MAGA and will never be elected again.
to get clear information on whether jobs terminated in the last 42 days, or going back to January, will determine whether we lost or won
I hope in 3 months trump kills all those positions!
Trump doesn't need any such reminders.
“It’s just transitioning to the Jeffries shutdown”
That noble statesman, Hakeem. 🤡😂
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of Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the
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Rau ´l M. Grijalva, late a Representative from the
State of Arizona, $174,000.
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of Gerald E. Connolly, late a Representative from
the Commonwealth of Virginia, $174,000.
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31, 2026’’ each place it appears.
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U.S.C. 290l et seq.), is further amended by adding the
following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(13) CAPITAL INCREASE.—
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propriations Act specified in section 101, and for activities
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall
be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under
current law, under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
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An answer to prayer indeed.
Thank you, Lord.
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by the Federal Government—
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such period;
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reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid
by the Federal Government during such period had
appropriations been available, including the cost of
compensating such furloughed employees, together
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year 2026 (not limited to periods beginning or ending
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department or agency of the Federal Government which,
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of this Act, no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry
out, implement, or otherwise notice a reduction in force
to reduce the number of employees within any department,
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and without regard to the source of funding for such posi
tions.
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order; or
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ance with section 116 of this Act.
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and House of Representatives of the withdrawal of
the reduction in force notice and the affected em
ployee’s reinstatement, if applicable.
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AKA Dollar Store Obama.
Hear, hear!
A two month ceasefire until January.
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