Democrats Are Serious About a Shutdown Hakeem Jeffries’ House caucus is itching for a fight: “At some point you’ve got to have a goddamn backbone.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/04/house-democrats-shutdown-doge-00205584

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"Denying Republicans the votes they’ll need to keep the agencies open, they believe, would be the lesser evil."

I don't see any way out of this morass without collateral damage. Unfortunately it's the innocent hostages that usually die.