Let’s be clear that the worst-case scenario for Democrats under this CR was that a month from now we would be back at the drawing board with CHIP fully funded. One less — pardon the pun — chip for the GOP to play.
The Democrats refusal to take this deal is not only cynical; it’s dangerous. They claim this is about protecting Dreamers, but Dreamers are not protected by a government shutdown, they are put at greater risk. An agreement to fund the health care of children and keep the government running would have created the canvas for good faith negotiations on the Dreamers, the Wall, and immigration reform. Instead we are in all out warfare.
The good old days of a recent Democratic president who urged us not to make the perfect the enemy of the good are long gone. The new mantra for the party of Jefferson and Jackson is to embarrass Trump at any cost. Perhaps that is fair play, after Republican obstruction of Obama. But it doesn’t make it good policy. Millions of kids had their health care put at risk for a perilous political play.
Democrats Threw Children’s Health Care Under The Bus
After all their talk about its importance, it was Democrats who left a 6-year funding package for the Children's Health Insurance Program on the table, not Republicans.
The Democrats refusal to take this deal is not only cynical; it’s dangerous. They claim this is about protecting Dreamers, but Dreamers are not protected by a government shutdown, they are put at greater risk. An agreement to fund the health care of children and keep the government running would have created the canvas for good faith negotiations on the Dreamers, the Wall, and immigration reform. Instead we are in all out warfare.
The good old days of a recent Democratic president who urged us not to make the perfect the enemy of the good are long gone. The new mantra for the party of Jefferson and Jackson is to embarrass Trump at any cost. Perhaps that is fair play, after Republican obstruction of Obama. But it doesn’t make it good policy. Millions of kids had their health care put at risk for a perilous political play.
Democrats Threw Children’s Health Care Under The Bus
After all their talk about its importance, it was Democrats who left a 6-year funding package for the Children's Health Insurance Program on the table, not Republicans.
