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What if Democrats’ big shutdown loss turns out to be a win?
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Senate Democrats believe that they held together long enough for US President Donald Trump to reveal a new level of callousness in his refusal to fund food stamps for 42 million Americans who rely on the nation’s largest anti-hunger programme.
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Annie Karni
WASHINGTON – At first blush, the deal that paved the way to end the government shutdown this week looked exactly like the kind of feeble outcome many Democrats have come to expect from their leaders in Washington
After waging a 40-day fight to protect Americans’ access to healthcare – one they framed as existential – their side folded after eight defectors struck a deal that would allow President Donald Trump and Republicans to reopen the government this week
