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Republican billionaire donors want to thwart any investigation leading to the funding of Jan 6.

But they also like to use shutdowns to extort concessions. 

Last time it was the Mountain Valley oil pipeline which served the interests of the GOP Chinese and Oil donors.

This time it was Ukraine's military aid, which served the interests of the GOP's Russian and Oil donors.

All the GOP do is donor maintenance