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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 11:28 PM Sep 2025

'Democrats are here. Republicans are at home': Top Dem slams GOP inaction as gov't shutdown looms - The Weeknight - MSNBC



A government shutdown is less than 30 hours away with no funding deal in sight. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Trump seemed unaware of key health care consequences, as thousands of federal workers brace for layoffs. Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, responds on The Weeknight. - Aired on 09/29/2025.

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'Democrats are here. Republicans are at home': Top Dem slams GOP inaction as gov't shutdown looms - The Weeknight - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 OP
Why didn't they stay in DC in August until they secured a budget? House of Roberts Sep 2025 #1
Mike Johnson dismissed the House early for exactly this reason, to avoid calls for releasing the Epstein files Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 #2

House of Roberts

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1. Why didn't they stay in DC in August until they secured a budget?
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 11:52 PM
Sep 2025

Immediately upon returning in September they announced they didn't have enough time and needed an extension. Sloppy and incompetent.

Rhiannon12866

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2. Mike Johnson dismissed the House early for exactly this reason, to avoid calls for releasing the Epstein files
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:00 AM
Sep 2025

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