re: MTG motioned to vacate the speaker.

The bottom line is that negotiations have to be made to get anything done, which is a harsh reality.

Identify the nonnegotiables and stick to your guns, otherwise the GOP needs to be willing to give a little to get what they want.

Now, I don’t have a problem with nonessential services shutting down at the federal level, and I believe that a formal budget / spending bill should be required rather than CRs and that our border security shouldn’t be held hostage by democrats for foreign aid.

If Dems are willing to hold our national security hostage for money to go overseas, the GOP should be yelling it from the rooftops every chance they get. The problem is that many of them seem to be wanting the foreign aid as well.