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It's about the Dems using the suffering of their constituents to get political leverage over Trump and the Republicans.
Even if that were true, it doesn't support your point. If the Democrats obtain political leverage over Trump and the Republicans by forcing the CR back into the House and requiring Johnson to make changes to it, then they have to use that political leverage to gain something. If they just say "no" no matter what the GOP does, then they will lose all of their political leverage.
Schumer knows this - and the individual Democratic Senators who get to choose for themselves whether to cross over the line know this.
They'll take the win. Taking the win - and declaring it a win - gives them vastly more political leverage than saying no to everything and keeping the government shut down.
