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Party prepared to risk government shutdown and will not support GOP bill unless cuts to healthcare are reversed

It has been nine brutal months for congressional Democrats.

Relegated by voters to the minority in last year’s election, they have been powerless to stop Republicans from acting on Donald Trump’s demands to fund an immigration crackdown, strip money for foreign aid and public media, and downsize Medicaid, which provides healthcare to poor and disabled Americans.

That is set to change next week. Funding for the government expires on Tuesday, but Democrats have refused the GOP’s demands to support legislation keeping it open unless the majority agrees to reverse the Medicaid cuts, restore funding to public media and extend subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Props to them if they can keep the turncoats in check and actually stick to their guns.

That said, I'll believe it when I see it.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The democrats are just asking for all the massive cuts to CRITICAL infrastructure to be returned back to the american people. We PAID for these programs and we DESERVE to have medicaid, better healthcare, and lower taxes. Republicans don't care about the american people, otherwise they would have voted AGAINST the BBBA.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The democrats are just asking for all the massive cuts to CRITICAL infrastructure to be returned back to the american people.

Republicans will promise them back in the form of tax cuts.

Republicans don’t care about the american people, otherwise they would have voted AGAINST the BBBA.

They care about particular American people and their friends overseas in the EU, Saudi, and Southeast Asian banking sectors.

[–] BlackAura@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Republicans will promise them back in the form of tax cuts.

You forgot this part: "... For the rich"

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If they dint oppose the administration at every turn, they are complicit

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If they spent 20 to 40 years, watching the Republicans formulate this plan and did nothing to oppose it they are complicit

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Double fair

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

We'll see if the cave after like a week. Their pockets arent infinite like the republicans but this isn't asking much of them.

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I really don’t get it. Even GOP has the majority why headlines says it’s up to Dems?

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if this is the reason but in the Senate standard budget legislation can be subject to a filibuster. To overcome a filibuster and proceed to a final vote, a supermajority of 60 votes is typically needed.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago (7 children)

these comments. Alls I see is the dems should do something and when they do alls I see is. They don't really mean it. Its funny. Dems in power and the right says everything bad is dems fault and the left says everything is dems fault. Reps in power and the right says everything bad is dems fault and the left says yeah the dems are responsible. ugh. with american left who needs the right.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (48 children)

It’s helpful to keep in mind that there’s nothing democratic about the DNC it’s just a bunch of old people colluding with corporations and propping up geriatrics as a vanity show. They haven’t even offered their voters the illusion of representation in decades. They are all cooperators in this. They do budget show downs every year, at this point it’s just to create some bond volatility.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The 4th of july funding bill needed a cloture vote by senate dems that they never should have given. I hold no ill will to house democrats but the senate democrats fucked up big time.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

yeah that is one thing but the republicans crafted that bill. Get rid of the shit all over us and then we can work on combing the hair and such.

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[–] itztalal@lemmings.world 3 points 6 days ago

It has been nine brutal months for congressional Democrats.

Oh please.

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