So Much Winning Democrats Blink

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Democrats caved to pressure to end the shutdown Monday, and voted to reopen the Federal government having gained nothing from three days of hostage-holding over immigration reform.

Sen. Chuck Schumer confirmed the fold in a sad press conference held just following the vote.

According to The Hill, Democrats agreed to vote for Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's continuing resolution, funding the government through early February, on the promise that Senate Republicans will take up an extension to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) act sometime between now and February 8th.


CAVE: Democrats Abandon Shutdown, Agree To McConnell Plan In Exchange For...Nothing
Schumer and company agree to continuing resolution, but without an "ironclad" promise on DACA.

 

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So, what did Democrats get from this shutdown?

Here’s the full list: the perception that Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had outlasted them at the negotiating table; the understanding that Democrats will be unable to fight Republicans using a government shutdown as leverage, at least on the issue of illegal immigration; the impression that Democrats care more about illegal immigrants than military members; a Democratic base that now believes the Democrats are on the run; the impression that Democrats were responsible for the shutdown.

Ouch.

What have Republicans gained?

They’ve gained the perception that they can govern; combined with the tax cut bill, Republicans in Congress have done their job and forced Democrats into a position of irrelevance. Furthermore, the White House now says that it will not sign the Graham-Durbin proposal, a Senate bill to legalize illegal immigrant children and their parents, and hand citizenship to the kids.



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