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user-inactivated  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: House Republicans revive obscure rule that allows them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1

    The Democrats lose nothing by fighting this.

They run the risk of being painted as obstructionists and sore losers.

The spin machines on both sides seem to be firing on all 8 cylinders at this point. Public discourse is probably gonna get pretty ugly.





kleinbl00  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Republicans ran that risk. It got the Tea Party swept into power. If the Democrats have any stones, they'll recognize that "obstructionist" is just a euphemism for "resistance fighter."