THE DEMOCRAT’S SHUTDOWN WON’T END SOON - Democrats
Senate Democrats are reportedly set on continuing to drag out the government shutdown with another “no” vote on Friday, with members claiming that “people want us to fight” and that the caucus is “unified” in how they are going to do so.
A Thursday closed-door meeting ended with Democrats “coalescing around a unified strategy rather than splintering into factions,” Semafor reported, noting that a number of Democrats are looking to end the shutdown, “but probably not enough to prevail in a vote on Friday.”
One source familiar with the inner workings of the caucus confirmed to the outlet that Democrats want to keep pushing to extend the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax cuts, which are currently set to expire at the end of the year.
Republicans indicated in the earlier days of the shutdown that they would only negotiate on the issue once the government is funded, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has since said that he is now willing to guarantee a vote on the subsidies — but not an outcome, the outlet reported.
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