They Could’ve Played the SNAP Card. Instead, They Folded
How eight Senate Democrats missed their moment and what it cost.
Late on Sunday night, eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle and voted to help Republicans advance a shutdown-ending agreement. Their votes cleared the 60-vote threshold needed to break a Democratic filibuster. Just like that, the longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history inched closer to resolution—not through negotiation, but through surren…
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