found online by Raymond
From Jonathan Bernstein:
Now that Democrats have agreed to end the government shutdown, have they now proved they will cave the next time around? That’s a popular theory among political pundits right now, but it sounds upside down.
Republicans lost one of their legislative hostages by passing the long-term funding of the Childhood Health Insurance Program while committing to address how to salvage President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. At least in the Senate. Granted, it’s not much more than Democrats had on Friday — before the government closed — but it’s something.
On the other hand, Republicans didn’t get anything at all.