The smart play is for the Democrats in the Senate to vote for the CR and re-open the government. And that was always the smart and obvious play, which is why the Democrats didn't do it.

If they want thereafter try to undo the One Big Beautiful Bill; extend enhanced ACA subsidies; Medicaid for illegals; or whatever else may be on their minds--then they can try to do that on the merits or lack thereof of those various policy proposals.

The ultimate arbiters will be the American voters, on election day in 2026. If the voters don't like what the Republicans do in the intervening year, they will elect a Democrat majority to the House and/or the Senate.

That's what "democracy" is.

Seems the Democrats don't like "democracy," doesn't it?

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