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The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave [link removed]

Republicans are still in a terrible situation on health care; they will either give in to Democratic demands or suffer painful electoral consequences. That will play out regardless of appropriations. But ensuring that legislative funding actually gets spent was something tied directly to the shutdown fight that Democrats had within their power to control.

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A Blessing in Disguise? [link removed]

The Republicans now own the reopening of the government on Trump’s terms, and they have a real problem when it comes to the cost crisis. Whether that helps the Democrats depends entirely on how the Democrats play it.

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The Shutdown’s End as a Republican Victory? No Way. [link removed]

The shutdown enabled the Democrats to highlight the Republicans’ withdrawal of health coverage from millions of Americans, and Trump’s withholding food stamps—while he was praising himself for building a ballroom and rebuilding the Lincoln bathroom—only accelerated his descent in the polls.

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One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer [link removed]

Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.

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The Shutdown Is Over. SNAP’s Struggles Aren’t. [link removed]

Turning off the logistically complicated SNAP system—which relies on the federal government, states, and private companies to function in concert—and then trying to turn it back on quickly is no easy task.

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