A short-term spending bill was passed last night by members of the U.S. House, but it’s looking like a long shot to win approval in the Senate, where Republicans have a 51-49 majority and need 60 votes. Democrats are demanding that any legislation include a provision permanently shielding young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Here’s a look at what the Democrats said back in 2013, the last time there was a government shutdown:
The Democratic Party appears willing to assign blame for this weekend’s looming government shutdown over failure to agree on the fate of Dreamers, but members might be called out for hypocrisy after fiery comments made about Republicans during 2013’s shutdown.
In 2013, Democrats called Republicans who refused to get on board with the Obama administration's agenda “anarchists," and “arsonists” with “a bomb strapped to their chest."
"I call them 'legislative arsonists'," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at the time.