US EditionGOP seeks to ramp up political pain for Democrats on shutdown
Republicans hold firm on a stopgap funding bill while Democrats demand Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions, prolonging the shutdown to 15 days with no resolution.
- Fifteen days into the shutdown, Senate Republicans led by Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are accelerating pressure on Democrats, insisting the House of Representatives’ stopgap funding measure is the only option.
- Democratic lawmakers say they will not yield, pressing for Affordable Care Act subsidies extensions in exchange for reopening, insisting Republican leadership underestimated their resolve.
- Paychecks have begun to lapse and government services are dwindling amid the shutdown, and there have been over eight failed votes on the same Republican stopgap bill.
- Senate leaders aren't talking to one another, complicating a swift resolution, and Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., plans to bring a full-year Pentagon funding bill to the floor.
- Republicans say they expect to emerge politically stronger from the shutdown, some believe Democrats may wait until after Oct. 18 `No Kings` day, and Sen. John Cornyn cited the $37 trillion national debt.
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GOP seeks to ramp up political pain for Democrats on shutdown
Senate Republicans are ramping up pressure on Democrats over the shutdown, taking away a vote on a Democratic alternative to open the government and blaming the party for worsening hardships for military families. In a now familiar scene Tuesday night, the Senate rejected a House GOP measure to open the government by a 49-45 vote.…
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