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.
Good. They’d better stick to their guns this time. Republicans do every time and get exactly what they want when they are the minority.
They have a genius new strategy! I’m sure it will work!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/democrats-anger-swearing
“This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather,” Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), declared earlier this year. “This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight.”
Um Ken, I do think you are mixing metaphors.
“This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather,”
The Democratic party of my grandfather was FDR, the New Deal, and civil rights.
That’s so 20th century.
21st century DNC is all about that sweet private equity cash and making land acknowledgments.
Fucking yes.
“This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight.”
He says, showing up for a gun fight
“No more taking the high road! When they go low, we will also go low, behind them, choking on their exhaust! Give me $5 for a mask!”
Agree. Be tough!
they will both agree to raise the debt ceiling again while they say little one liners to farm clips for their tik tok accounts. They are also planning to use this shutdown as a excuse to fire government employees. Nothing about this is “good” its the same performative cycle and they’ll do it again next year.
The news is a joke. I dont watch meet the press, but my wife had it on briefly this morning and the discussion was the shutdown. They all sat there and gave zero reasons why it is acceptable for them to do this and even used a story about how it effects real Americans who live paycheck to paycheck. Not one of them stated anything about how the Republicans are about to remove billions from health care or any other valid argument for why it is needed. It’s sad that the news is controlled this much.
Doge and Trump have been working hard at shutting down everything the government does that actually serves the citizens despite having the funds. But at the same time they’re spending trillions in making the country a fascist nightmare with secret police and concentration camps.
What’s the downside to a shutdown?
Actually, does a shutdown inadvertently defund ICE, at least temporarily?
unlikely. Essential personnel and all.
Add to it that President Trump has been ignoring the funding allocated through congress. Even if the Democrats negotiate the perfect deal, President Trump could simply not spend the money.
I’ll believe it when I see it, and I don’t think there’s any fucking way we’re going to see it.
Considering Schumer was on television today waxing poetic about how he wants to have a “serious negotiation” with Republicans, once again signaling he’s willing to sacrifice everything for nothing, I’m 99% certain they’ll puss out yet again, giving these fascists everything they want.
Instead of cutting 100 billion from social services Schumer has negotiated only to cut 99.9 billion
How do we stop people from voting for Schumer and instead pick a candidate that supports the working class?
“This time I can trust peppermint patty”
-Charlie Brown
How dare you besmirch Peppermint Patty’s name, she’s a trustworthy girl. Lucy van Pelt on the other hand…
My peanuts lore be lackin
All good homie. Patty was always one of my favorites, I liked her green plaid shirt
Are Patty and Marcie a couple? They were in my head, but that could be some lesbian fetishism from my toxic masculinity…
No, not canonically at least and would’ve been very taboo in the 50’s anyway. The original comics didn’t really cover relationships between any of the characters outside of Sally’s crush on Linus, Lucy’s crush on Schroedinger, and Charlie’s crush on The Little Red-Haired Girl. I can just about guarantee though that there is fanfic out there somewhere shipping the two of them.
IIRC Patty was always played as a tomboy who had a crush on Charlie Brown. Marcie was just this meek girl who followed Patty around as she was socially awkward and didn’t know how to connect with others and Patty was just very open and nonjudgmental.
I always felt Marcie’s use of “Sir!” for Patty was an acceptance and respect for Patty’s tomboy-ness, which is why I ship.
But, yeah, after seeing the replies and checking the Wikipedia article, I think I do remember some scenarios that made Patty’s attraction to “Chuck” coupled with his obliviousness the punchline.
Yeah right.
The only question is which specific excuse(s) the Democrats are going to trot out after they do the bidding of their wealthy/corporate donors and cave. Again.
I guarantee they’ll roll over and play dead even though it’s just about saving some neutered nonsense of what’s left (not much) of the ACA.
The government is broken
Republicans will just use this to dismantle more of the government while blaming the democrats and the democrats will walk blindly into this because people who will never vote for them can’t see the truth.
It’s almost like you don’t understand that America is a Uniparty imperialist system masquerading as a two party republic
I’ll believe it when I see it.
I am expecting Chuck and Jeffries to comply in advance.
roll over!! Whos a good boy?
I really don’t get it. Even GOP has the majority why headlines says it’s up to Dems?
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.
Worthless Democrats are conspirators.
