>>The Democrats are reaching new nadirs in obstructionism in the Senate.<<
I don't know that it's the worst because the government has been completely shut down before...
but it's really stupid.
I don't know that it's the worst because the government has been completely shut down before...
My statement was a bit different since I was only referring to the Senate; the government shutdowns, as far as I am aware, were not particularly Senate actions -- instead, I believe that they all originated in failures to make spending compromises, usually between the White House and the Congress. [Also, to make a largely irrelevant technical point, all spending bills should originate in the House, not the Senate, though of course the Senate has received the blue-slip more than once.]
As far as I can remember, this gross obstruction in the Senate's business by the Democratic Senators does not have precedent in the 20th and 21st centuries, and while there were some very bitter times in the 19th century, I don't remember this level of sheer obstructionism then either. The Senate is after all supposed to be more patrician in its outlook than the House.
But the history of the Capitol isn't something that I am well-versed in, and maybe there is another, more blatant case than the current threat.