Subject: Re: AFGE union calls shutdown end
I’d go 80/20 the other way. Did the Democrats put in the expiration date so they could use it as a political football, if they lost the 2024 election?

No, the 2d extension was a compromise.

Republicans say they will discuss it, after the gov is reopened. Hold them to it. But reopen. This has gone on too long already.

They're fragmented, but observers think they are being hit much harder than Dems, so hold on a bit and hope for a taco.