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Voices from both sides of the aisle expressed frustration and disappointment over the unfolding scenario. Some lawmakers criticized the current state of affairs, calling it a failure of leadership. One representative lamented, "I hurt for people, but collapsing our government under our lack of fiscal restraint... is not doing our people any service." Another voiced that a straightforward solution lay in returning to a previously hammered-out bipartisan agreement.