They didn't even get a chance to play hardball. There was no debate or vote on a funding bill at all.
Mike Johnson shut the government down to prevent the newly elected rep from New Mexico from being the final vote needed to force a discharge petition that would circumvent Johnson's stonewalling of the Epstein files being released.
Mike Johnson literally just shut the government down to prevent the release of the Epstein files. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to you, full stop.
Ok, I'm not the only one.