Never mind.

I'm so pissed off today! Yesterday, thousands of citizens across the nation protested against the insanity of the current republican administration. Why? What good did it really do?

While we were doing that, ten Democratic Senators were voting against us. Not directly, but behind our backs. I didn't feel the knife until this morning when I checked the voting results of funding the government. I knew it would pass but there were three different versions. Two of them would have given us some leverage to stop other hysterical things being propose. One of them would give Trump/Musk a blank check. Our Senators voted for Trump/Musk.

Why are we puting in our time and effort to stop this choas when our own Senatore vote with the Republicans and against the common people? Am I missing the GOOD reason they did this? I just need a reason to keep going?

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It's later in the day now, actually 2:30 AM, and I found out my frustration above was a mistake. 

Never mind what I wrote above. Thanks to a few who answered, I was wrong. Chuck Schumer said Trump would seize more power during a shutdown, because it would give the administration the ability to deem whole agencies, programs and personnel non-essential, furloughing staff with no promise they would ever be rehired.

 

Democrats were critical of the funding levels in the bill. But they are more worried about the discretion the bill gives the Trump administration on spending decisions. Many Democrats are referring to the measure as a “blank check” for Trump.

 

“A shutdown will allow DOGE to shift into overdrive,” Schumer said. “Donald Trump and [Elon Musk](https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk) would be free to destroy vital government services at a much faster rate.” Source-AP(Wahongton Post/NYT)