Divided Dems

Stuff reports:

US President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the government late on Monday (Tuesday NZ Time), ending a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations.

They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young immigrant “dreamers” and other contentious issues.

The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), cutting short what could have become a messy and costly impasse. The House approved the measure shortly thereafter, and Trump later signed it behind closed doors at the White House.

But by relenting, the Democrats prompted a backlash from immigration activists and liberal base supporters who wanted them to fight longer and harder for legislation to protect from deportation the 700,000 or so younger immigrants who were brought to the country as children and now are here illegally.

Basically it is a total backdown by the Democrats. Tying immigration policy to keeping the Government open was a stupid idea and they backed down as they realised that outside their activist base, they’d lose support.