Congratulations?

Well, the new government stimulus plan has passed the House with a fair sized majority. The interesting thing was, the majority was purely democrats, the republicans gave exactly zero yes votes to the proposal. The funniest part is, they started to congratulate each other the next day about being so steadfast in their beliefs and getting 100% of the house republicans to vote no. So, basically, they were patting themselves on the back for losing by a little bit less.
Not that there attitude will matter in the long run, it's a pretty safe bet that their constituents, at least those that are experiencing hardship(so, almost all of them), will not appreciate that kind of partisan unanimity. They need help, and blocking all attempts at helping is not a good way to get yourself more votes. The weirdest part is that the democrats actually made a bunch of compromises to get republican votes. A large part of the bill includes tax cuts, especially for corporations, which is usually their bread and butter.
They may live to regret their stubborness though, because a large part of the bill involves upgrading infrastucture all around the country. And a few days ago, several states, Arkansas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and more, found that their electrical infrastucture failed due to an extremely bad winter storm, leaving 100's of thousands without power. Some estimates say that the power won't be back until mid-February...in the middle of winter, that's not good.
So please, let the republicans to continue to play their shutdown game, the same game they've used since 1994 to stop democratic plans, because I promise that eventually, as people start to feel the pain caused by their inaction, the republicans will regret not giving the voters what they need.