I understand your point, but I don’t think this was the “Hill” to die on. I know it sounds awful, but we’ve had these defecits for years and will continue for now. We need to ensure Military is well funded, next is immigration (DACA, the Wall, end chain migration, end diversity lottery etc) and that’s going to be a fight. Perfectly fine with shutting down and going to the mat on that now. Next drain the swamp, Continue to expose the politicization of the fed agencies, including Intel and LE, take that down and THEN draw a line in the sand on budget and spending. Oh, in the meantime keep putting conservatives on the fed courts.
Building that wall, strictly enforcing immigration laws will cost to put in place in the short term but pay off like a slot machine when we don’t have the burden of illegals to pay for from birth. We are going to see future savings in nearly every department- Education, medical, social services, law enforcement, courts, jails...
It has been as if each of our families had to support another family- then they move out...