Whadda mean they gained nothing?
A number of congressmen and senators got special perks for their constituents back home that were buried in the bills they voted for.
Kentucky especially made out like a bandit, with a new billion plus dollar dam project on the Ohio river.
But then as Gene points out, the Tea Partiers all came to Washington to finally put a stop to such "business as usual" in the way things got done on Capital Hill. And all it's cost the US is some $24 Billion dollars and a projected 0.5% drop in economic growth from the expected 2.6% increase in this quarter.
And
Senator Ted Cruz said the fight over "Obamacare", the shutdown, and the debt ceiling was all worth it because that's what the American people wanted.
Really Senator Cruz?
So tell me Senator, does it ever bother you being a total ass, as much as it does me?
<=== (these are raspberry emoticons for the Senatorial Ass from Texas)
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And BTW the Senator will be up for re-election in 2018. Lets all hope the country will/can survive until then.