You all work incredibly hard day in and day out. Your work is under-appreciated, often maligned, and certainly misunderstood. I am but one voice out there, but I want you to know how much I see your work and appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you for being the bedrock of our democracy.

And I doubt Dems want the precedent that Congresses can't bind one another so clear. My median prediction is a shutdown until the new Congress is sworn in on January 3. And no one seems alarmed or really talking about this eventuality. (3/3)

Or at least some Rs view a shut down as the first step in DOGE efforts and Dems have less incentive to negotiate a deadline into next year, given there are arguments that one Congress cannot bind another, so any deal struck wouldn't be binding, SCOTUS won't touch the issue (political question) (2/3)

And I'm a (recovering) lawyer, so I understand the point of a case or controversy. I get it. But when our legislature refuses to pass needed legislation to clarify things, court cases are the only answer and when they get dismissed because neither party sees the point, voters and EOs lose out.