The president put himself in the spotlight, so he’s taking the blame for shutdown…
Plus, he suggested some federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown will not receive back pay. This has been viewed an attempt to ratchet up pressure on Senate Democrats to vote for Republicans’ proposal to reopen the government.
His warning Tuesday that some furloughed workers may not, as is customary, get back pay when the government shutdown ends was the latest sign that he regards public money sent to Washington by taxpayers and the states as a personal slush fund to spend as he sees fit.
Plus, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has broken with her party in the ongoing standoff over the government shutdown. In so doing, she is effectively arguing that the Democrats are right to demand that Republicans make concessions on health care policy — although she might not wish to describe it that way.
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