"I have been very consistent about the cost of a shutdown and the impact to Americans and the fact that I believe we need to work in a bipartisan way to find solutions to what we're seeing right now, which is this looming health care crisis, Cortez Masto said from Washington. And I think we can do that by keeping the government open. I don't think we should do it by swapping the pain of one group of Americans for another."
"The lawyerly senator from Nevada is one of just two Democrats to repeatedly vote with Republicans and Maine's independent senator, Angus King, to have the federal government up and running. She's not only bucking her Senate colleagues with her contrarian stance, but also placing herself squarely at odds with the animating impulse of her party's political base: Stop Trump! Give no quarter! Now is the time! This is the fight!"
"Unlike the Democrats' other defector, Pennsylvania's quirky Sen. John Fetterman, Cortez Masto hasn't developed a reputation for partisan heresy, or antagonized party peers by playing footsie with President Trump and the MAGA movement. Despite her temporary alliance with the GOP, she's unstinting in her criticism of the president and the Republican stance on health care, the issue at the heart of the shutdown fight."
Catherine Cortez Masto has repeatedly voted with Republicans and independent Angus King to reopen the federal government, arguing the shutdown harms Americans and must end now. She emphasizes bipartisan negotiation to address a looming health care crisis rather than using shutdown leverage that swaps pain among Americans. She criticizes President Trump on trade and tariffs while maintaining that methods differ from some Democratic colleagues. She contrasts with fellow defector John Fetterman by not aligning with MAGA or cultivating partisan heresy. She insists on keeping government open while working across parties to resolve subsidy and health-care disputes.
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