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Washington has now endured a record-breaking 37 days of a government shutdown — a self-inflicted wound that was entirely avoidable if common sense and honesty had prevailed in negotiations. This is now the longest shutdown in our history, surpassing the old record, and ordinary Americans are paying the price while the two-party circus blames each other.
Make no mistake: Democrats have put an absurd demand front and center, insisting the government remain closed unless Republicans agree to extend Obamacare subsidies on their timetable. That is political extortion dressed up as compassion, and hardworking taxpayers should reject the notion that keeping the lights off in Washington is an acceptable bargaining chip.
Some Republicans — rightly frustrated by the stalemate — have offered a narrow, honorable compromise: guarantee Democrats a standalone vote to extend the subsidies if that’s truly their priority, then reopen the government. That is a sensible way to separate the issues and get federal workers back on the job, and any senator who balks at that simple procedural decency is playing politics over people.
Senator Ashley Moody of Florida made the conservative case on Fox & Friends First, calling out the hypocrisy and insisting Republicans must not be bullied into open-ended giveaways in exchange for reopening the government. Moody, who was tapped to fill Florida’s Senate seat and sworn in earlier this year, speaks for millions of Americans who want results, not hostage-taking.
Meanwhile, real consequences are mounting: federal paychecks delayed, SNAP and other benefits in limbo, and disruptions to air travel and essential services that hit families and small businesses first. Voters should remember that policy fights are no excuse for shutting off paychecks and sabotaging public safety; that’s the left’s cynical theater at the expense of everyday Americans.
Conservatives should press for a clean reopening now, coupled with a firm commitment to a prompt, transparent vote on any subsidy extension so the people’s representatives can be held accountable. If Democrats want to expand welfare-state entitlements, let them make the case on the record and own the consequences at the ballot box rather than hiding behind a shutdown.
This moment is a test of conservative resolve and common-sense governance: stand for reopening the government quickly, demand a concrete vote on contested policy, and refuse to trade away principle for temporary political cover. Patriots who work for a living and pay the bills deserve better than Washington’s gamesmanship — and in 2026 voters will have their say about the leaders who behaved like hostage-takers and those who refused to be extorted.
