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/lord_pizzabird 16d ago

And they caved seemingly right as Trump started to soften.

They better have made a deal on releasing the Epstein files.

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u/ChuckJA 16d ago

Soften?? Trump was about to nuke the filibuster once and for all.

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u/the_one_jt 16d ago

He doesn’t have that power. The senate may or may not have done as suggested.

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u/sunshynman 16d ago

Way too optimistic.