Senate Republicans reject Democrat deal to reopen government

Source: CNBC

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Friday offered a new plan to Republican lawmakers that would allow the U.S. government to reopen from a shutdown that began Oct. 1.

But Republicans quickly dismissed Schumer’s proposal, which hinges on protecting enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for at least one year. In exchange, Democrats would drop their demand that a longer-term extension of ACA tax credits be included in a stopgap government funding bill.

“I find Senator Schumer’s demands ridiculous and equivalent to political hostage taking to continue bad policy,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said in a post on X.

“We should not be made to continue flooding health insurance companies with taxpayer dollars under Obamacare as the price to open up the government,” Graham said.

“My no vote will be an unequivocal rejection of Senator Schumer’s very bad idea.”

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