'Dangerous precedent': Dems fear they just handed GOP a 'playbook' for how to beat them
Some congressional Democrats fear they've handed Republican lawmakers a "playbook" to pass future spending bills that will give President Donald Trump everything he wants for his agenda, reports a new article in Politico. Their fears were solidified last week when 10 Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, voted to pass the funding bill crafted by House Speaker Mike Johnson. Nearly all House Democrats voted against the stopgap measure, claiming it gave President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE "the leeway to continue slashing the federal government without oversight." "They bet this month that House Republicans would never be able to pass a stopgap funding bill without Democratic support, and Democrats hoped they could leverage that failure into a bipartisan deal.
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