The shutdown has entered its fourth week of political stalemate, making it the second-longest in US history.

As the current government shutdown enters its fourth week with no end in sight — making it the second-longest U.S. shutdown in history — two new polls suggest that most Americans are faulting Republicans for the standoff, with a plurality saying they support Democrats in Congress demanding negotiations on health care. President Donald Trump has thus far refused to discuss a possible solution…

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 months ago

    The only motivations a rational person can deduce from the way the Republicans are handling the shutdown is that they either:

    • want health insurance premiums to rise a lot
    • or want the power move of forcing Dems to vote for a Republican bill in exchange for nothing