Subject: Re: AFGE union calls shutdown end
Why is this somehow the Republican's doing?

It's mostly always been a Rep thing, since the original ACA passed 15 years ago. As you say, "no Republican votes".

If I apply the legal standard of sharing the blame, I would say that it's 80% Republican, and 20% Democrat. The Dems shouldn't have put in an expiration date. That's on them. But that the Reps want to ignore it, or even kill the whole thing, despite how much harm it will do is on them. And that they won't even discuss it is also on them.