General Discussion

That happens. If a doctor tries to treat an illness with one treatment and it doesn't work are they obligated to keep trying? If I start to read a book and find I don't like it, am I obligated to finish it because otherwise I'd be saying starting it was wrong? You don't keep doing a thing that isn't working.

Obviously some Democrats (including both of my Senators) wanted to keep the shutdown going. I don't know how I would vote in their shoes because I'm not in their shoes. I haven't paid any price that I know of this shutdown. I don't have travel scheduled, I don't have SNAP or work for the government. I don't rely on ACA subsidies either. I can see arguments in both directions, but what I can't see is how continuing the shutdown gets what we want. With this deal a bunch of fired government workers get their jobs back and all government workers get to get paid. SNAP gets funded and we get a vote on the ACA subsidies. None of that was true on Saturday. That's a bird in hand at least.