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Who had no chance of gaining approval from anybody. If he did the right thing and averted a shutdown, he was threatened by the extremist Republicans. And if he tried to give them concessions and backed out of his deal, he lost the votes of the Democrats. Nobody in that position now can win. I'm hoping for Jeffries, sooner or later. 
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