[AnotherUnixGeek]

It’s pretty clear that McCarthy wants to avoid a shutdown at almost any cost.

Yup, because Republicans are never able to spin a shutdown or its causes in an intelligent way which conveys the reasons to the American public. Shutdowns kill the GOP in the polls.

[RideForever]

Shutdowns kill the GOP in the polls.

See post #11 above. If we can get the majority of Congress to be (I), (D)(R) become irrelevant, except Minority leaders.