There was bipartisan support to keep the shutdown going!

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Yes! Rand Paul abandoned his pachyderms and voted to keep the shutdown going!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/politics/senators-government-shutdown-votes-vis

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1. Rando is one of those "burn it all down" types

He votes against ending the shutdown because he feels that the government is going TOO FAR with the social safety net. He would vote to end the ACA, end SNAP, for that matter end Medicare and Social Security.

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2. I know but we will hear the Democrats caved ad nauseum, yet the pugs were not 100% either.

[Scrivener7]

3. No, not "the Democrats." 8 Democrats plus probably Schumer behind the scenes.

36 Democrats stood firm. But were thwarted. Again. As were their constituents, 70% of whom supported continuing the shutdown until healthcare was secured.

Good news, though, is the airlines won't lose that Thanksgiving money.