> for a shutdown to be a threat, the other side needs to not want it at all. Depends on who the other side is. Russell Vought doesn't need to answer to voters

> for a shutdown to be a threat, the other side needs to not want it at all. Depends on who the other side is. Russell Vought doesn't need to answer to voters next Fall. On the other hand, the Republican representative who won a major-thin margin in my district, ousting a Democrat who delivered for their constituents, would very much like something to point at other than a shutdown for their reelection campaign.