[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Edward64

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I'm not optimistic there'll be a deal. I just don't see the GOP giving in on much if any. GOP will probably go with clean CR and dare the Dems to shut down the government.

Shutdown Risks Rise as Democrats Issue Ambitious Counteroffer

Huh?

U.S. Senate breakdown by party 53(R), 45(D), 2(I)
U.S. House breakdown by party 219(R), 213(D)

Clipped from another article

With a narrow Republican majority in the House, Republicans could approve a funding measure without support from Democrats, though it would require near-unanimous approval from the GOP conference. And a handful of Republicans have already pledged to oppose the measure.

Both parties make up the government so if the government shuts down, it will be because of both parties IMO. But if we have to blame one or the other and of course we have to blame one or the other, the one who has control of the House, Senate and the White House surely is responsible for the shutdown. Especially when a handful of members of the majority in the House pledged(lol) to oppose the measure.

If I remember correctly, the rule is the party in the majority is supposed to give the party in the minority what they want in the spirit of bipartisanship. If the party in the majority does not do that, they are the one who shut down the government.