[Sacajaweau]

As long as the Dems have the Senate and the magic pen..the House is almost powerless.

Having control and doing the right thing are two different things.

You think you can shut down the government with no consequences.

Trump shut it down...and it didn't work...and I believe it was the longest shut down ever.

[srmanuel]

None of the things I listed would have required the shutdown of the government.

Ukraine Aid is the perfect example, that sat on the table for a few months until Mike Johnson caved and the aid was passed.

there was never a chance the government was going to be shutdown.

Same goes for FISA reauthorization, same for individual budget deals versus Omnibus.

The Republicans gave up on things that never threatened the shutdown of Government.

[kabar]

The most significant include the 21-day shutdown of 1995–1996, during President Bill Clinton’s administration, over opposition to major spending cuts; the 16-day shutdown in 2013, during the Barack Obama administration, caused by a dispute over implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); and the longest, the 35-day shutdown of 2018–2019, during the Donald Trump administration,[caused by a dispute over expanding barriers on the U.S.–Mexico border.

Rush Limbaugh on government shutdowns.

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/28/what-happened-to-all-the-shutdown-suffering/