# Should Democratic Senators play nice with Republicans and support the continuing resolution? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 12, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454 "2025-03-12T06:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/101 "2025-03-14T02:51:40Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > If the democrats do shut it down, then what? This is what I’ve been struggling with. What are they holding out for? An impeachment? Some promise that Republicans will hold Trump accountable? Exactly. The Republicans forcing a shut down in the past at least had a chance of forcing concessions because the Democrats actually wanted the government open. If the Democrats shut down the government, Musk and Trump will just sit on their hands, with a smile on their face and a big banner that reads “mission accomplished!”. He will suffer no negative affects. If by chance there is some governement function that he supports is affected, he can just declare it “essential” and make the people who make it happen come back with no pay. As with the other shutdowns, the party that didn’t vote to just keep things open is going to get the blame and will eventually be pressured to give in. At that point the Dems will have lost any moral high ground that they had to say that they wanted to preserve government, and Trump can do what he pleases without any opposition what-so ever. The only chance that the Dems have is that Trump and Doge screw things up so badly that a wave of public outrage convinces the Republican Congress to fear the public more than they fear Trump. In order for that to happen, it needs to be crystal clear whose fault it was. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/102 "2025-03-14T03:07:24Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The only chance that the Dems have is that Trump and Doge screw things up so badly that a wave of public outrage convinces the Republican Congress to fear the public more than they fear Trump. The midterms are going to be a bloodbath. The only question is whether it’ll be one for just the Republicans, or for both parties. Right now Schumer is doing his best to make sure nobody comes out of this looking good. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/103 "2025-03-14T03:32:04Z")
It doesn’t sound like Jeffries thinks highly of the “let’s give Trump everything he wants and maybe he’ll be nice to us” approach. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7gbntp2tzobn7cfi37viei3/bafkreief4eixgwml7phkli7bguzhd5of5blwlwygwlq3kew5k5of3f6fmy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7gbntp2tzobn7cfi37viei3/bafkreief4eixgwml7phkli7bguzhd5of5blwlwygwlq3kew5k5of3f6fmy@jpeg) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7gbntp2tzobn7cfi37viei3/bafkreibfgks5zrqfzb26nfdrnz4psol5t2j3wkqn5q6chv6evu3ljonbda@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7gbntp2tzobn7cfi37viei3/bafkreibfgks5zrqfzb26nfdrnz4psol5t2j3wkqn5q6chv6evu3ljonbda@jpeg) AOC is whipping Democrats to go after Schumer and Gilibrand. > **[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3lkcfp67hcs2u)** > > New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill. > > They vote in the morning. > ☎️: (202) 224-4451 > **[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3lkcm6nlkx22i)** > > A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. > > Do not let anyone play games with you. > **[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3lkclsqapqc2i)** > > I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. > > Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. > > Virtually every swing district... And there are anti-Schumer protests planned for NYC tomorrow. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjgwhyvol53nvpgyivlm4tn2/bafkreif7osjvnja3fwhrjusu4hpckwa5p4u42oxd2tlv3jlnomhldy7ide@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjgwhyvol53nvpgyivlm4tn2/bafkreif7osjvnja3fwhrjusu4hpckwa5p4u42oxd2tlv3jlnomhldy7ide@jpeg) Schumer has shit the bed and it’s time for him to step down. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/104 "2025-03-14T03:45:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Right now Schumer is doing his best to make sure nobody comes out of this looking good. I don’t see how he ends up looking any better shutting down the government for days, weeks, months, until he finally gives in and gets nothing for it. Taking hostages doesn’t work if you care about the hostages and the enemy doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/105 "2025-03-14T03:48:24Z")
Here is AOC on CNN talking to Jake Tapper. She makes some good points (and avoids a few tries by Tapper to get her to trash Schumer or commit to running for senator). Although, if Schumer does cave on this he may well find himself going against AOC in the next election but that would be some years from now. Full title: **Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge** > **[Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-democratic-shutdown-plan)** > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/106 "2025-03-14T03:57:08Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Although, if Schumer does cave on this he may well find himself going against AOC in the next election but that would be some years from now. I sent her a message today telling her I’ll start writing her checks today if she pledges to run against him. Not that I expect an answer, but I REALLY hope she goes for Senate in '28. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Taking hostages doesn’t work if you care about the hostages and the enemy doesn’t. What about when the hostages WANT to be taken? > **[Federal employees union tells Congress: Don't just give Musk and Trump more...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-employees-union-tells-congress-132950031.html)** > > The American Federation of Government Employees said a "government shutdown has been underway since January 20" ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/107 "2025-03-14T04:54:57Z")
“Privately, House Democrats are so infuriated with Schumer’s decision that some have begun encouraging [AOC] to run against Schumer in a primary, according to a Democratic member who directly spoke with Ocasio-Cortez about running at the caucus’ policy retreat.” > **[Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-democratic-shutdown-plan/index.html?cid=ios_app)** > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/108 "2025-03-14T05:26:32Z")
Can someone please explain to me why Democrats would ever want to vote yes on cloture for a bill their own party is filibustering? Why not just retract the (threat to) filibuster a vote on the bill? ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/109 "2025-03-14T06:14:46Z")
[https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown) > [@](#): > > “Complete meltdown. Complete and utter meltdown on all text chains,” said the member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer sensitive details of members’ internal conversations. > > A senior House Democrat said “people are furious” and that some rank-and-file members have floated the idea of angrily marching onto the Senate floor in protest. > > Others are talking openly about supporting primary challenges to senators who vote for the GOP spending bill. > > Another Democrat told Axios the ideation has gone a step further: “There is definitely a primary recruitment effort happening right now … not just Schumer, but for everyone who votes [yes].” > > Some House members, in turn, have gotten an earful from constituents. “I have also never had so many people from home personally texting me—ANGRY,” said another House Democrat. “I don’t think they knew who Chuck Schumer was before today,” the lawmaker said. “But they know now and they hate him.” Well, if it’s going to be civil war, then let it be known that Schumer brought this on himself. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/110 "2025-03-14T06:52:02Z")
Ouch > **[David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3lkcn775wac2h)** > > More to the point, it takes one senator to deny unanimous consent for a time agreement. The House Dems, the federal workers, everyone opposed to the Schumer Surrender would be happy to have additional time to gather 41 no votes on final cloture. Any... “Any Senator can do it.” > **Copy Paste in case that fails to render** > > David Dayen > > ‪@ddayen.bsky.social‬ > > More to the point, it takes one senator to deny unanimous consent for a time agreement. The House Dems, the federal workers, everyone opposed to the Schumer Surrender would be happy to have additional time to gather 41 no votes on final cloture. Any senator can do it. > > [‪Josh Marshall‬](https://bsky.app/profile/joshtpm.bsky.social)[‪@joshtpm.bsky.social‬](https://bsky.app/profile/joshtpm.bsky.social) > > ·2/ When you pass a bill in the senate you need to do cloture (60 votes) to start the debate and to end it. And there’s things that have to happen between those votes. If those rules are all followed this bill won’t pass until the beginning of next week. So we need one Senator who still has some fight in them. Wow. I’ll take a delay until next week. If nothing else it would/could make the House’s early adjournment look bad. More: > [@Josh Marshall](#): > > ?@joshtpm.bsky.social? > I didn’t realize this until now and the point is kind of technical. But it’s significant. No one has actually filed for cloture on the bill itself. So that means that even if Dems fold tomorrow this is going to go past the deadline and into shutdown. Setting aside the weird words here’s the deal:… > > 2/ When you pass a bill in the senate you need to do cloture (60 votes) to start the debate and to end it. And there’s things that have to happen between those votes. If those rules are all followed this bill won’t pass until the beginning of next week. > > 3/ So not only do Dems now have to cave they’re going to have to agree to help Thune set aside the rules and speed things up. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/111 "2025-03-14T07:04:50Z")
Schumer has proven so useless over the past few months, that I’m wondering if Trump and Putin have kopromat on him. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/112 "2025-03-14T07:21:28Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > So we need one Senator who still has some fight in them. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbmP18wWYAEOEdO.png) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbmP18wWYAEOEdO.png) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/113 "2025-03-14T07:23:55Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Schumer has proven so useless over the past few months, that I’m wondering if Trump and Putin have kopromat on him. Stolen from Bluesky; “I’m not saying things are looking bad for Chuck Schumer right now, but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.” [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/i4bLLc3xjLMAAAAd/johnny-golf-swing.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/i4bLLc3xjLMAAAAd/johnny-golf-swing.gif) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/114 "2025-03-14T09:32:42Z")
This is an incredible and pathetic cave by Schumer and any Democrats who go along with it, for the following reason: Trump and Musk are in the process of a lawless dismantling of government right now. Republicans are entirely going along with it - “favors” to keep preferred red state programs around aren’t actually pushing back in any meaningful way… in fact that’s just ceding more power to Musk since it gives him cover to continue the lawless dismantling. Democrats have very little actual power and leverage to impact anything right now, but they do have the 60 vote threshold in the Senate. What are they using that power and leverage for? What are they trading it for? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. They’re not using it at all. In this crisis that could ripple for years and possibly even demolish our democratic system (if Trump and Musk get their way with various election systems), Democrats in the senate refuse to use the one actual real power they have. Just pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/115 "2025-03-14T11:20:41Z")
What are the arguments _for_ working with Trump on this one? Specifically, strategically. I’m open to 11-D chess arguments for politics, because Congress is complicated and contingent. But _I need to hear what it is_, because in the absence of that, it plainly looks like we got ratfucked by a bunch of corrupt New York turncoats who should be primaried and never work in politics again. What’s the strategic case? Maybe that all-out opposition of Trump doesn’t work with the swing voter until we have a recession going on? But then it will be just “we can’t shut down the government in a recession”. Help me see it. I’m sure it’s weak, but at least let me understand what the plan is. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/116 "2025-03-14T11:25:47Z")
I think it’s “everything is going so badly for the country that Democrats will almost certainly win big in the '26 midterms, so why shake up the board with a government shutdown that could be blamed on us?”. I think it’s overly cautious, since it should be clear to everyone that Trump is already, functionally speaking, shutting down the government (as well as the very real risk of serious harm to our democratic systems and institutions), but I think that’s why they’re giving in. A secondary argument I’ve heard that probably has merit (but very limited merit, IMO), is that a government shutdown would shut down the court system that, so far, has been the only real barrier to Trump and Musk getting absolutely everything they want. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/117 "2025-03-14T11:34:28Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A secondary argument I’ve heard that probably has merit (but very limited merit, IMO), is that a government shutdown would shut down the court system that, so far, has been the only real barrier to Trump and Musk getting absolutely everything they want. Trump’s administration is already ignoring the courts. The Trump admin is still sort of pretending to abide by court orders but they are well down the road of just completely ignoring them. So far, it seems they hope the captured Supreme Court will give them some cover. I am not sure the courts are the barrier you think they are. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/118 "2025-03-14T11:40:44Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think it’s “everything is going so badly for the country that Democrats will almost certainly win big in the '26 midterms, so why shake up the board with a government shutdown that could be blamed on us?”. I think it’s overly cautious, since it should be clear to everyone that Trump is already, functionally speaking, shutting down the government (as well as the very real risk of serious harm to our democratic systems and institutions), but I think that’s why they’re giving in. I don’t even understand this, though. Doesn’t the party in power usually get blamed for shutdowns? Doesn’t this usually only matter when it’s close to elections? Doesn’t the leverage get _worse_ if they wait until Trump has scuttled the economy? > [@](#): > > A secondary argument I’ve heard that probably has merit (but very limited merit, IMO), is that a government shutdown would shut down the court system that, so far, has been the only real barrier to Trump and Musk getting absolutely everything they want. OK, that makes some sense, but if that’s the case, I don’t understand why they don’t simply say that rather than allow the public to form the perception that California and New York Democrats are simply giving the finger to everybody else. Watching the Tammany Caucus ratfuck the rest of the country, it’s giving me some violent flashbacks to the final days of the election campaign when some Trump surrogates were forecasting a red New York and California. We all laughed, but is it possible that Trump is cooking something with those corrupt state Democrat parties? If they manage turn NY and CA into a kind of Manchin/Sinema axis of fecklessness, hoo boy. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/119 "2025-03-14T12:02:54Z")
I haven’t researched it, but my impression/recollection is that the federal courts do not get shut down. As you know, a shut down does not really shut everything down. My strong suspicion is that the courts are deemed “essential.” But - as I said, I may be wrong. I wish I saw the sense in Schumer’s appeasement on this matter. IMO, all they need to say is that if governing does not require some minimal degree of cooperation and compromise, then the Rs have to be able to pursue their agenda entirely on their own, without assistance by the Ds. Given all the other negatives piling up IRT Trump’s/Rs’ actions, I have a hard time seeing the electorate as insightful enough to say, “This ONE thing was the worst, and is all the Ds’ fault!” Seriously - what have the positives been so far, other than “owning the libs”, firing a bunch of do-nothing fed employees, and talking/acting tough to our longtime allies? Does ANYONE intelligent see the tariffs and social warfare as ending up positive for the country? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454/120 "2025-03-14T12:10:55Z")
I agree that these are bad arguments and I disagree strongly with Schumer, I was just trying to portray that point of view as best as I understand it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454.md?page=7)