I was surprised the Senate...

[Septua]

..voted against shutting down the government. I haven't been keeping up but just figured they'd play chicken at least for a day or two.

[Walleye]

1. McConnell must've decided a shutdown was bad politically

It certainly wasn’t for the good of the country

[Wounded Bear]

2. It wasn't McConnell threatening to block this time...

he's been through it enough to know it's a loser for them.

[Walleye]

3. But I get the feeling that caucus does nothing without McConnell's permission

[Wounded Bear]

4. That's why it went to a vote...

A bunch of repubs voted against, but McConnell apparently wouldn't allow a hold or a block, which virtually any Senator could do.

It was never gonna fail, but there were some who wanted, as was said in a post above, to fuck around for a couple of days for some reason.

[gab13by13]

5. I could be wrong about this,

but I believe that Chuck Schumer had to promise Mike Lee that he would hold an up or down vote (no filibuster rule) on president Biden's vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more employees. It also appears that Senator Manchin is leaning to vote with the GQPers. Regardless what Manchin does, the House will never agree to stopping president Biden's mandate, nor wood president Biden ever sign such a bill. This is my opinion of what went down and I could be entirely wrong about it.

[Mad_Machine76]

7. Too bad we can't get the Republicans to agree

to up-or-down votes on a lot of other stuff (i.e. voting rights for one)

[Midnight Writer]

6. Big money does not want a shutdown. They are making record profits right now and

don't want to upset the apple cart.

I hope the oligarchs who see their fortunes expanding at a record clip remember come election time that they do best when competent Democrats are in charge.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yep.

They lose big when the government is shut down, just like the rest of us. Just shutting down Air Traffic Control, alone, will screw a bunch of business, and not just the airlines. It will also hurt shipping companies, like UPS, along with the hotel/hospitality industry, professional and college sports teams, who would have to shut down, because they can't play "away" games, etc. And, they know the more than a million government employees will have no income to spend at their businesses, nor will those who receive government aid of various types.