Scores of Democratic lawmakers’ past attacks on Republicans during prior government shutdown fights are coming back to haunt them now that they are the ones making demands and rejecting a “clean” stopgap measure to keep the lights on.
Democrats accused of hypocrisy over ‘hostage-taking,’ ‘ransom’ rhetoric in past shutdown fights
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September 29, 2025
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