Happening Now: Dems on the job in Congress fighting to restore health care and other cuts, republicans on vacation

[bigtree]

FactPost@factpostnews
Photo shows House Democrats in full attendance to stop government shutdown while the Republican side of the chamber is empty.

watch: LIVE: Senate floor as government shutdown begins

Democratic minority leaders Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speak to the press after the U.S. government officially shut down at midnight

watch:

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. The plan is to make us suffer, interfere with our Social Security payments and everything else

And tell their MAGA idiots that it’s liberals and Democrats fault and that they should do something about it.

[betsuni]

2. And yet, no matter how many wooden stakes through the heart, Both Sides is still alive and well.

[JCMach1]

3. Every damn day they need to do this

And then step outside and speechify and hit the media non-stop. Flood the damn zone on them.