As shutdown deadline nears, Democrats have rare leverage over Trump. They're digging in.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON – With each passing day on Capitol Hill, a government shutdown is looking more likely.

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For the first time since March, Democrats have a significant political advantage over President Donald Trump. Senate rules require Republicans to get at least some Democratic votes to pass a budget and avoid a shutdown.

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Sticking points: Obamacare, Medicaid cuts

One of the main sticking points in the shutdown negotiations is around Medicaid funding. Many Democrats have vocally pushed to reverse recent cuts to the program that were enacted as part of Trump's major tax and spending law.

They're also worried about Obamacare subsidies that are about to expire at the end of the year. If Congress doesn't intervene, millions of people could see their health care premiums rise.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shutdown-deadline-nears-democrats-rare-090228953.html

[Ponietz]

1. No funding until the entire unredacted Epstein files are released

Blondi and Kabash will try to classify all mentions of Scumbag McShitbreath.

[leftstreet]

2. Why are ACA subsidies even allowed to expire?

[Justice Brandeis]

3. We shall see

Schumer is not to be trusted. He is impotent.

[Torchlight]

5. Sounds serious

Good luck

[mcar]

4. Oh that can't be true

I see all over this site that elected Democrats are weak, spineless, have no balls, and are doing nothing.

[misanthrope]

7. All well and good but policy intricacies get lost on average citizens

I think the obvious tactic Democrats are missing is to demand that any measure passed include total and immediate release of all Epstein files. "We want justice for these victims and are fed up with the protection of those who savagely abused these young girls."

It reaches across standard political divides, even to those who don't understand the ACA yet condemn it anyway. Force the GOP to own their protection of pedophiles. Make them swallow the poison pill.