U.S. Capitol building.
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The good parts are closed for the duration. The Republican House is still there.
Rump Speaker Ted Cruz's mini spending bill plan, recently adopted by House Republicans after they rejected it, is going over like mashed potato sandwich with Democrats, both in the House and the Senate.
In the House, ranking member on the Appropriations Committee Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)asked  "Why is opening parks more important than ensuring seniors, poor mothers and children have access to meals and critical services?" That's an important reaction because Republican leaders intend to bring their mini bills to the floor under a suspension of the rules. To pass, they need a two-thirds majority vote, and to reach that two-thirds, they'll need Democratic votes. Lowey's rejection is a hint that Democrats won't provide them.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, for his part, calls it “just another wacky idea" that the Senate will reject.
Republicans are now trying to cherry-pick a few parts of the government to keep open. We won't pick and choose. We must re-open all of govt.
— @SenatorReid
Sen. Dick Durbin added "Sen. Ted Cruz is now going to pick his favorite federal agencies to reopen? Come on. Let's get serious about this. There are a lot of agencies of government that need to be open. I'd suggest opening all of them." So the Senate Democrats have rejected it, as has the White House.
House Republicans are just wasting more time and hurting more people by messing around with these dead-end proposals. If they want government to open again, then they need to pass the clean funding bill the Senate sent them.