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'Twisted irony': Democrats risk betraying their own pet issues with government shutdown gamble

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Senate Democrats for years have warned of the negative side effects of government shutdowns that would largely affect their priorities, but as the shutdown drags on, they find themselves in direct opposition to their own pet projects. "There's a tremendously twisted irony," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Fox News Digital.John Feehery of EFB Advocacy, who served as press secretary to former Republican House Speaker Dennis J. Hastert, said, "The most unbelievable thing" about the shutdown is Democrats "hurting their own constituents.""Democrats never shut the government down. This is the firs...

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