re: The bill was going to pass anyway. Why not make the Dems go the discharge petition route?

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You're conflating two different things. The discharge petition was for the Ukraine bill, not the omnibus. If you don't pass a spending bill the government shuts down.

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You are being downvoted but you’re right. The whole shut down the government play never works and always blows up in the Repubs’ faces. When will people learn?