odinsblog:Here’s what Republicans got out of the shutdown, in one chartBack in September, Republican
odinsblog:Here’s what Republicans got out of the shutdown, in one chartBack in September, Republicans released a list of their ransom demands for raising the debt ceiling and releasing the American economy. The Rachel Maddow show went back to see how they did. And this chart doesn’t even show everything the Republicans lost in the deal…Republicans asked for…Repeal ObamacareDefund ObamacareDelay ObamacareDelay Individual MandateDeny Coverage to the PresidentDeny Coverage to the CabinetDeny Coverage to Congressional StaffersDeny Birth Control CoverageApprove Keystone PipelineMeans Testing for MedicareChange Federal Employee PensionsExpand Oil DrillingBlock Net NeutralityTort ReformWeaken Regulations for Coal-Fired PlantsTax Code ChangesThwart EPA Coal-ash RegulationsRepeal Medical Device TaxChange Rules on Debt CeilingRepublicans Got…This planned Republican stunt tantrum cost millions of working people (Federal employees, medium and small sized gov’t contractors, secondary service businesses, family farmers, etc) an interruption of steady income, prevented cancer patients from receiving medical treatments, suspended monitoring of disease outbreaks, delayed assistance to military veterans and their families, negatively impacted important scientific research and cost the American economy an estimated $24 billion at least…two words that do *not* come to mind are “fiscally responsible“ [full list here, Maddow video here, related post here] -- source link