Efforts to prevent a partial government shutdown from starting this weekend fell apart Wednesday when numerous Republicans, on and off Capitol Hill, expressed their frustration with the many extraneous provisions added to a short-term funding package.

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        7 hours ago

        Yes, but that doesn’t mean you can make blatantly false statements.

        You can just say they’re buried and non-intuitive.

        Be better.

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          4 hours ago

          You’re literally “ummm actually”-ing human immolation.

          A mechanical release that is obfuscated and not easy and intuitive to use effectively doesn’t exist. You might as well say, “well, technically, shattering a window is a mechanical action, so all cars have mechanical releases…”

          Stop trying to excuse homicide.