The Democrats budget deal was a huge failure and giveaway to Trump, That I don't see this argued anywhere, tells me the Democrats will always be doormats fo the right wing in this country.

The budget and debt limit were the Democrats only power, and they didn't use it, they gave it up for the rest of Trump's term.

Fox is now blaming the deficit on Democrats. Trump supporters believe it, and Republicans voting against the Bill supports that it is the Democrats forcing Trump to spend spend spend.

Your Atlantic link is just simpleton nonsense. This is the same old Republican game they played with Obama. The GOP holds the "high ground" of voting no on the budget/deficit package, the Democrats play the sucker and meekly take the abuse for deficits at campaign time.

Pelosi could have added a paltry claw back of the recent  GOP tax cut, a tiny $500 surtax on millionaire wage/capital gains income, to reduce the deficit. Then leave town for the recess.

It would have been a message so stark and clear even the most under educated rabid Trump supporters would understand it.

Fox News would have trouble explaining why the simple clawing back a tiny portion of the Trump tax cut from millionaires, if passed, will doom freedom, the troops, and the republic.

Or that the country should go into default to save millionaires $500 bucks.

But no, Pelosi gave Trump and the GOP the Democrats as the foil, and the Democrats gave a "clean Bill" which will basically neuter their power for this Congress.