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Originally Posted by Namath12
I'm not following. What do Senate Dems have to do with the House? If they don't filibuster passage of a bill Nancy has no intention of bringing to the floor so what?
No, Kaine is making it sound like if the GOP passes a clean CR through 2/8 and Trump signs it, they'll cut a deal to give him the $5.7 billion. If that happens, and it passes with Dem support (even just letting it past a filibuster), the Dems will own the next shutdown (starting on 2/8) if they kill it in the House. Once the Dems own the shutdown, they lose and they'll give up the wall and get nothing.
Opening the government for ~2 weeks is a huge risk for Dems, given that they currently shoulder virtually no blame in the shutdown and would basically be the favorite to catch the blame on 2/8.