Why Democrats caved

为什么民主党屈服了?

Today, Explained

2025-11-11

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Enough Democrats joined the GOP to strike a deal that could end the government shutdown. And now they're feeling the heat. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger with help from Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Ariana Aspuru, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Astead Herndon. Our guest was David Axelrod, host of the podcast Hacks on Tap. Listen at http://vmpod.co/hacks Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries speaking to the press about the shutdown. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • So after all that, it looks like we have a deal.

  • I'm optimistic that after almost six weeks of this shutdown, we'll finally be able to end it.

  • If everything holds, the government should reopen by the end of the week,

  • putting an end to the longest shutdown in U.S.

  • history.

  • As of this morning, there was a zero chance of having a work on the ACA.

  • Now there's a measurable chance.

  • Will it be everything that everybody wanted?

  • No, because we need 60 votes.

  • And so there's going to be a negotiation.

  • But Republicans have already started saying, well, here, you know,

  • if this, you did this or did that, maybe we can get there.

  • So what was it all for?

  • And why did some Democrats cave to Republicans and President Trump?

  • That's coming up on Today Explained from Vox.

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