So the Senate passed a deal last night. And while that may seem like a great step in the right direction,

many people, myself, of course, included, see right through this charade. Welcome back to the Michael

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So again, late last night, eight senators, eight who usually caucus with the Democrats, they broke

rank and they voted to advance a Republican plan to fund most federal agencies through January.

Now, the Senate can formally debate the measure before a final vote. Now, it's important to note that two of the eight senators are actually

retiring at the end of their term. Let me tell you who the eight are. First, you have Senator Dick

Durbin of Illinois, who, by the way, is retiring. Then you

have Senator Gene Shaheen of New Hampshire, who is also not seeking re-election. Senator Angus

King of Maine, who's an independent, Senator Tim Kane of Virginia, Senator John Fedman of

Pennsylvania. I mean, no shock there, right?

Senator Catherine Cortez Mastow of Nevada and Senator Jackie Rosen of Nevada.

Those are our eight. And today, Senator Angus King went on MSNBC to talk about the vote and claimed that standing up to Trump just wasn't working.

Play the clip.

Well, Joe, you have to go back to what the strategy was at the beginning of the shutdown.

There were two goals, both of which I support.

One was standing up to Donald Trump.

The other was getting some resolution on the ACA premium tax credit issue.

The problem was the shutdown wasn't accomplishing either goals, and there was practically, well, it was zero likelihood that it was going to.

In terms of standing up to Donald Trump, the shutdown actually gave him more power,

Exhibit A being what he's done with SNAP and SNAP benefits across the country.

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