Chuck Schumer offered a deal to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year healthcare subsidies extension
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Republicans rejected a proposal made on Friday by the Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, which would end the longest government shutdown in US history by offering Republicans a deal to reauthorize funding in exchange for a one-year extension of tax credits that lower costs for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health...
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Shutdown takes flight(s)
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Schumer offers plan to end shutdown on Senate floor
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered a plan Friday to end the government shutdown, headlined by a one-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and a short-term spending bill.
“Democrats have said we must address the health care crisis, but Republicans have repeatedly said they won’t negotiate to lower the health care costs until the government reopens,” Schumer said on the floor, with other Democrats in the chamber. “So let’s fin...
Greene: US ‘may be headed for a recession’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned the U.S. “may be headed for recession” in her latest break with the GOP and President Trump, who has insisted prices decreased, dismissing concerns about the economy.
“We’re seeing real softening in the economy, as we may be headed for a recession here, as we go into the holidays,” Greene told Fox's "LiveNow" host Josh Breslow on Friday, adding there had been “enough political drama.”
“I’m calling for both sid...
The most important reason not to end the filibuster: It’s a bad idea
“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW ... END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
And, also in capital letters, he explained why: “AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY WONDERFUL REPUBLICAN POLICY THAT WE HAVE DREAMT OF, FOR YEARS.”
You can make your own list of what “wonderful Republican policy” on guns, abortion, tariffs, taxes, use of the military, or immigration might become law if a Senate majority, like the House of Representat...
On the shutdown, Democrats have painted themselves into a corner
Having painted themselves into a shutdown corner, Democrats now want Republicans to extricate them.
Democrats know that they cannot win this one. They also know that they cannot return to their rabid base having conceded. What they want is for Senate Republicans to detonate another so-called “nuclear option” and end Democrats’ ability to filibuster the federal government to a standstill.
Senate Democrats have defeated 13 Republican attempts t...
Shutdown forcing airport capacity cuts
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Deal to reopen government falters over Democrats’ distrust of Trump
Democratic support for a potential deal to reopen the government has crumbled because of deep mistrust among Senate Democrats over whether they can trust President Trump to act in good faith to extend health insurance subsidies or to stop firing federal workers.
Senate Democrats on Thursday rejected an emerging proposal to reopen the government that would have linked a stopgap funding bill known as a continuing resolution to three full-year appropriations bills funding mili...
Nancy Pelosi leaves a long legacy: 5 takeaways
The decision by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to leave Congress after almost four decades marks the end of an era for both the powerhouse Democrat and her party at large.
The former Speaker not only wrote herself into the history books as the first woman to hold the gavel, but also muscled into law some of the most significant policy changes of modern times, including sweeping health care, climate and Wall Street reforms.
Along the way, Pelosi earned a reputation a...
Trump admin brings international drug pricing to Medicaid
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