It is hard to imagine 25% of a union intimidating a dissenting 75% into a strike, short of violence, and the Tea Party has stopped short of that (so far as I know.) It is still non-violent coup by extortion, not violent coup by terrorism (though I thought extortion illegal, too.) Like I say though, the best way to nullify the Hastert Rule is to deny a House majority to the only party adhering to that rule. Heck, if House Dems believed in the Hastert Rule we probably would not be discussing this, because Robamacare would never have passed in the first place.

I know, and the really messed up thing is that BOTH parties seem increasingly eager to simply roll the continuing resolution fight into the debt ceiling fight, Dems because they are married to Robamacare and think their hand only gets stronger the longer this goes on, and Republicans because they have burned their ships and fear Tea Party fratricide if they try to retreat anyway. With a few notable exceptions (e.g. WIC and the VA) the shutdown is merely an embarrassing inconvenience, but federal bankruptcy is the real deal.