#4 If a majority party does NOT have a super-majority, then it is incumbent upon the majority party to work with the minority party to get enough votes to obtain cloture.

Most people call this compromise, coming-together, working together.

If the majority cannot do that, then they've failed as leaders of the country and are nothing more than sycophants.

Why are you defending a bunch of failures who cannot do the basic job of governance?

#4 There is no "clean CR" in the mix anymore. A "temporary bill" is already being written in the Senate (looking at you, Sen Ron from Wis).

But, it will go nowhere.

Why? you may ask:

Because Speaker Mike (R-Of course) REFUSES to bring the House back into session.

Because of the Epstein files.

As such, the House will have to be back in session to vote on the soon-to-be changed bill.

But the House WILL NOT be back in session, anytime in the foreseeable future.

#4 I also highly recommend that you look into the phrase "recission veto," and then tell us why Democrats should just bend over and take it**.....

Well, you know.

Trump & the Republicans cannot be counted on to keep their word.

They have zero integrity.

** "The user's query refers to a 2012 statement by Richard Mourdock, a former Indiana Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. During his campaign, Mourdock stated that his idea of compromise was for Democrats to join the Republican point of view.

#4 The problem with trying to blame Democrats for the shutdown is that the Trump and the GOP have let everyone know that THEY control Washington (POTUS, Congress, SCOTUS). It always seems to be "HaHaHa You lost" (from the Trump on down).

So, no matter how you slice or dice it, this is on the GOP... and the American people know it.

Plus, you add in the upcoming health care sticker shock, inflation ($20-30.00/pound beef) and the overall corruption, on what Earth do people rally behind THAT?

So, how are people supposed to unite behind that AND THIS:

- Why has the Trump given $40,000,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money, to a country known for defaulting on previous international loans?

- When are the Epstein files going to be released?

- Why did Kristi Noem spend $172,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money for not one, but 2 Gulfstream private jets (the US Government already has a fleet of air transportation exclusively for executive- and Cabinet-level personnel)?

- Why is there a Qatari Air Force Base - Qatari, a country that's financed international terrorism - being built in Idaho in the USA?

- Why has the Trump added $2,000,000,000,000.00 (and climbing) to the nation's debt just since he took office in January, 2025?