The Republican's threatening to shut down the government and not pay bills is trying to undo from a minority position what the majority passed and the majority still supports.
That is not democracy at work. That is tyranny by a minority and there is no reason for the Democrats to accamodate this process by acquiescing. The time for compromise comes when you are working on bills to change things, not when you are discussing the government's need to meet its obligations.
You want to make changes, win an election.
This is also what the Democrats need to do in the House. Democratic candidates in the 2012 elections received 1.5 mm more votes than Republican candidates. The distribution of the votes resulted in the GOP having more House members and being a majority. The only answer to this gerrymandering is for the state Democrats to win back state legislative races and undo this gerrymandering after the 2020 census. That is the way the system works.
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