Subject: Re: I changed my mind
<<They would have "caused" a shutdown if they voted against the CR.>>

That's an argument, not a fact. The Republicans knew they'd need Dem votes in the Senate to pass the CR but refused to sit down to negotiate with them. So I'd say they're complicit, at a minimum.

If management refuses to sit down with labor to negotiate a contract and then labor strikes, I wouldn't say that labor "caused" the strike, even if that's the way management would like to spin it.