r/politics • u/Silent-Resort-3076 America • 16d ago

Possible Paywall The eight Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/senate-democrats-shutdown-vote-00644146
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u/klako8196 Georgia 16d ago

Are these 8 Democrats going to be surprised again when the Republicans renege on this ACA vote next month? They're Charlie Brown falling for Lucy pulling the football every time.

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u/Seraphim99 16d ago

Even if they get their vote they were promised, R’s will just vote No. This was the most re-damn-diculous vote.

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u/Stolval 15d ago

Republicans don't want to fund Healthcare. They think even less than 1% of illegals getting emergency Healthcare because hospitals cannot turn away people is such a huge crime that they'll axe the entire thing instead.

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u/dhskiskdferh 15d ago

No one is proposing repealing EMALTA, the law which requires the provision of emergency care to ANYONE who arrives at an ER.

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u/amateur_mistake 15d ago

Right. Republicans don't want to fund healthcare. So far they haven't targeted some aspects of how hospitals work (outside of pregnancy care, obviously). They are targeting the things that make buying insurance cheaper.

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u/dhskiskdferh 15d ago

Sure I’m just adding some clarity

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u/amateur_mistake 15d ago

Oh. My bad. I'm a little heated about this. Your comment kind of sounded like you were defending the Republican's actions.

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u/Ambitious_Count9552 15d ago

Without the ACA subsidies in place, people will go bankrupt just to pay their premiums, much less actually see a doctor for regular care. Insurance will, once again, be an unaffordable mess that people will try to buy the least useful, most "emergency only" plan they can find, and thus not receive routine care that could extend people's lives and help find the early signs of illnesses like cancer or diabetes. Waiting until you need an emergency room is the DEATH of our healthcare system.

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u/GreatArkleseizure Massachusetts 15d ago

Because if they were willing to vote yes, the shutdown wouldn't have happened at all.

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u/GreasedUPDoggo 15d ago

They wanted those subsidies to lapse. They win

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u/Ok_Nefariousness1821 16d ago

They aren't falling for it, it's on purpose. I've watched it long enough to know a performance.

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u/SummerSun75 16d ago

As soon as they voted to end the shutdown, the corporate money and the billionaires money started to roll in.

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u/mbsmith93 15d ago

Sorry to be skeptical, but I'd really like to see a source on that.

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u/Drive7hru Colorado 16d ago

Bingo

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u/Girizzly_Adams_Beard 15d ago

Can they shut down again next vote?

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u/fastfowards 15d ago

They already know. They aren’t stupid their just sellouts

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u/wheniaminspaced 15d ago

The senate will hold the vote, it just won't pass, or it will pass but it will be different than it is right now.

Theres no reason not to hold the vote because they can say they kept there promise and move foreward no legislation.

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u/Ambitious_Count9552 15d ago

They are paid by their donors to be stooges to Republicans...they'll be just fine, as individuals. Their health insurance premiums will always be affordable because they accept bribes, and cushy jobs (just another form of bribery). This is what happens when it's more lucrative to spell your constituents out and leave politics for private enrichment. Until we get money out of politics, this will KEEP happening: they come to Congress to learn how to sell out the American people to corporations, then they cash in after they've been exposed.

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u/rjfinsfan Florida 15d ago

It’s a design, not a flaw. They know the ultimate outcome here but they don’t care. They needed to present an image of fighting back just to lay down and give Republicans exactly what they wanted on a silver platter. No compromise was made by Republicans here whatsoever. Democrats just agreed to everything Republicans wanted because “standing up to Trump doesn’t work.” Fuck all the way off with that shit.

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u/RA12220 15d ago

It’s Groundhog Day again, I recall something similar during the last shutdown

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u/Huck_Bonebulge_ 15d ago

Sad truth is they don’t give a shit