Cele|bitchy | Eight Democratic senators capitulate towards ending the government shutdown

Again, the Republicans have control of the White House, both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court. The currently unfolding catastrophe is entirely the fault of Republicans. The only meager power the Democratic minority has is through the Senate filibuster, ensuring that the most unpopular Republican bullsh-t needs 60 votes in the Senate, meaning the Republicans need seven Democratic “defectors” to pass something without a filibuster. This has been literally the only thing stopping Republicans from gutting the ACA and taking away healthcare from tens of millions of Americans – the threat of a filibuster on the Continuing Resolution to end the government shutdown. Just last week, Democrats proposed passing a clean CR with status quo ACA funding, and Republicans balked. The American peo