Now that this butt kicking is over I'm guessing the Republicans will suddenly decide that maybe the lockdown has gone on long enough... What they never understood was that rising healthcare costs are a core issue of the Democrat party... The Democrats would never back down from that.... It would be like the Republicans backing down on gun control...
While there has been some talk of bipartisan group working to end the shutdown and that some Democratic Senators more willing to now
I'm hearing it is still likely to be awhile,
Not expected this week. A news person keeps up with Congress rules, procedures etc. says won't be this week unless nobody objects and we're nowhere near that.
That it would likely be late next week into the following week.
You still really need Trump to get involved and he's still running around saying end filibuster.
That's not going to happen. You could see the faces in room. Thune said after meeting the votes just aren't there. Several Republicans-known to be 10 or 11 opposed-believe it can be used against them when Democrats take majority one day