Funding the Government

The House voted last night for a one month extension of government funding.  Now that bill is in the Senate.  The bill also extends the program for funding medical care for about six million poor children for six years.  It also temporarily stops two Obamacare taxes, namely the medical device tax and the so-called Cadillac tax on some really high cost plans (mostly covering union workers).  One would think that this is a plan which the Democrats would love.  They supposedly care about sick children, especially poor sick children.  If the plan does not pass, medical care for some of these kids will be cut off.  The Dems also supposedly care about union workers; helping them avoid high taxes on their medical benefits should appeal to them as well.  And the Dems also supposedly want the government to continue working in all aspects; remember, next to minorities, the biggest supporters of the Democrats are government employees.  Nevertheless, the Democrats plan to filibuster this bill and block it from passage.  They say that they are going to block the bill because it does not address the DACA issue.  Of course, the DACA program is in place for another two months whether or not the bill passes, so there is plenty of time to deal with it.  That means that the Democrats have chosen the 800,000 illegal aliens covered by DACA over the six million poor kids and the many millions of union workers and the entire American people who will be affected by the government shutdown.  And it means that the Dems will force the shutdown over an issue that doesn't need to be decided for another two months.

Personally, aside from the medical care for the children, I don't think there is much of importance that will be affected by a government shutdown.  That, however, is not what the Democrats say.  They talk about the shutdown as if it is the end of the world.  So why are the Democrats favoring 800,000 illegals over the rest of the American people?