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For Democrats, they did not want a government shutdown, nor did they think it was a useful strategy for their Republican opponents. As Democrats saw it, the Republican Party had been entirely hijacked by one radical faction, the Tea Party, and this group of about 40 members was running the entire agenda. The Democrats believed they had offered to make compromises on the budget, but the Tea Party refused to give even an inch on their demands about cutting spending, reducing the size of government, and defunding or eliminating the president's health care law. When their demands were not met, they shut the entire government down.
Democrats found such actions puzzling, since a Republican-led government shutdown in 1995 had been a disaster for their party, when the public turned against those tactics. As the days dragged on through the first two weeks of October 2013, and millions of people were forced to remain out of work (while members of congress got paid), many in the public began to turn against the Republicans, and Democrats continued to push for an end to the stalemate. And President Obama said repeatedly that no budget negotiations would occur until the government was allowed to re-open.
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The Democratic Party generally opposes government shutdowns and views them as harmful and unnecessary. Democrats believe that shutting down the government creates economic and financial instability and undermines the functioning of important government services. They advocate for finding bipartisan solutions and avoiding shutdowns by working towards compromise and negotiation.
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Why is the Whitehouse shutting down?
"They aren't shutting down anytime soon..." Only time will tell that, but (if it were to shutdown) why would the White house be shutting down. Since the Democrats never put a budget down and kept to it, they went bankrupt. That is why the government might shutdown.
Why did government shut down?
The government is shutdown because the democrats and republicans cannot come to a mutral agreement. Democrats think we should have Obamacare while Republicans say that our government will go into a bigger debt which could some day force each American citizen to pay 60,000 to 80,000 each to pay off the governments debt.
Why the government shut down?
The government is shutdown because the democrats and republicans cannot come to a mutral agreement. Democrats think we should have Obamacare while Republicans say that our government will go into a bigger debt which could some day force each American citizen to pay 60,000 to 80,000 each to pay off the governments debt.
Why did the government shut down?
The government is shutdown because the democrats and republicans cannot come to a mutral agreement. Democrats think we should have Obamacare while Republicans say that our government will go into a bigger debt which could some day force each American citizen to pay 60,000 to 80,000 each to pay off the governments debt.
During the gilded age republicans and democrats held differing view on what?
gold standard and government aid to business.
What actors and actresses appeared in Government Shutdown - 2011?
The cast of Government Shutdown - 2011 includes: Kyle Bornheimer
Why did the government shutdown in Fall of 2013 how was the situation resolved?
If you are referring to the US Government shutdown, there are a number of explanations, depending on which side of the political aisle you listen to. Republicans say the reason is congress (and especially Democrats) overspent on the budget and needed to cut back on some services in order to stabilize the budget; when Democrats refused to cut back on food stamps and other "entitlements," there was no choice but to shut down the government, since Democrats would not compromise. Republicans also say the President's Health Care Law needed to be repealed and many were angry that Mr. Obama refused to do that. On the other hand, Democrats believe the shutdown was caused by stubbornness and political theater by a small group of Tea Party Republicans who dislike government and wanted to find an excuse to shut it down. Democrats say they tried repeatedly to get budget negotiations going, but the Tea Party leaders refused to talk unless Obamacare was repealed. Democrats also believe these Republicans were determined to stop President Obama from having any success, and they were willing to shut down the government to make their point. (It should also be noted that most pollsters, and many members of congress who consider themselves moderates, believe the shutdown was both harmful and unnecessary; but the Tea Party Republicans insist it served a very useful purpose.)
Why did the Republicans and Democrats differ in the view of tariff issues?
democrats supported it
Why did Republicans and Democrats differ in the view of the tariff issue?
democrats supported it
Why did the republicans and democrats differ in their view of the tariff issue?
democrats supported it
When did the government shutdown start and end?
2013
Why Government officials tried but failed to regulate the railroads?
The government was shutdown
