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karynnj

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12. I think their logic might have been that keeping

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:52 PM

Dec 11

the government shut was not going to end in passing a bill extending the subsidies. I don't think anyone thought the deal to get a vote meant they had a likely path to extending them either.

I think the ONLY hope was that enough pressure from Republican constituents on Republicans would lead them to extending if only for one year.

I think ALL Democrats, no matter how they voted to end the shut down, wanted to extend the subsidies. However that would have required passing something through the House, the Senate and then getting it signed by the President.

All we ended up accomplishing is making it 100 percent clear that the Republicans, who fought to give Elon Musk a tax break are eliminating needed subsidies for the middle and lower middle class and in the process throw the entire healthcare system into chaos. This obviously doesn't help anyone affected, but the Democrats have no power. Assign the blame to those who do

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"Senate Democrats hoped the threat of soaring insurance premiums would force Republicans to act" [View all] Miles Archer Dec 11 OP

Maga is Lucy. Dems are Charlie Brown. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum. NewHendoLib Dec 11 #1

I think that markodochartaigh Dec 11 #4

Plenty of DUers bought into this shit Arazi Dec 11 #5

Why are you going on about flight delays and not SNAP and federal worker paychecks? FascismIsDeath Dec 11 #8

We had less than a week of flight delays and Dems caved Arazi Dec 11 #9

People with private jets were Bettie Dec 11 #11

I think their logic might have been that keeping karynnj Dec 11 #12

thast why im glad to see more and more entrenced dems get primaried moonshinegnomie Dec 11 #15

So why did they cave on the shutdown again? leftstreet Dec 11 #2

Because imposing more cruelty upon federal workers and SNAP families tritsofme Dec 11 #18

Somehow we need to create a public option next time we have the WH. OrlandoDem2 Dec 11 #3

Agree....👍 anciano Dec 11 #7

A public option was written into the ACA and passed in the House. betsuni Dec 12 #19

this makes me sick , that there are still dems who dont understand the animals with which they are dealing Fullduplexxx Dec 11 #6

I think a lot of them have decided the house is lost Johonny Dec 11 #10

Because the naivete and delusion have served us so well dalton99a Dec 11 #13

They're burning down Rome while the fat, orange imbecile is fiddling wolfie001 Dec 11 #14

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The cruelty of the republican cult liberal N proud Dec 11 #17

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