Democrat lawmaker blasts Senate colleagues for caving in shutdown deal

Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., ripped into the reasoning that led eight Senate Democrats to seal the fate of the government shutdown on Sunday. As the top Democrat on the House Oversight Subcommittee overseeing government efficiency, Stansbury said the bill’s promise of job protections for federal employees was a safeguard that Congress should not have needed to spell out."While I appreciate the bipartisan effort that provided additional protection for our federal workers in the bill, it shouldn’t have been necessary in the first place," Stansbury said.SENATE VOTE TO END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN I