US EditionThune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats ‘dial back’ their demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats must reduce demands on health care subsidies and tax policies to prevent a government shutdown, with 60 votes needed for a short-term funding bill.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune says a government shutdown is still 'avoidable' despite sharp divisions ahead of the funding deadline.
- Thune says Democrats will have to 'dial back' their demands, which include extending health insurance subsidies and reversing healthcare policies in the tax bill.
- One way to avoid a shutdown, Thune says, would be for enough Democrats to vote with Republicans for a 'clean' bill to keep the government open for seven weeks.
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Thune: Democrats need to ‘dial back’ demands to avoid shutdown
Related Video: MASS LAYOFFS Linger, Healthcare CUTS Loom As Leaders Reach IMPASSE On Spending Plan | SUNRISE Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says Congress could avoid a government shutdown next week if Democrats “dial back” their demands to add hundreds of billions of dollars in new health care spending to a short-term government funding bill. “I’m a big believer that there’s always a way out,” Thune told The Associated Press in an in…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats ‘dial back’ their demands
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still “avoidable” despite sharp divisions ahead of Wednesday’s funding deadline. “I’m a big believer that there’s always a way out,” the South Dakota Republican said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. “And I think there are off-ramps here, but I don’t think that the negotiating position,…
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Thune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats 'dial back' their demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still “avoidable.”
John Thune Suggests 'Clean' Bill to Delay Government Shutdown
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is dismissing Democratic demands for health care reform as unrealistic, but maintains that a government shutdown can still be avoided. In a Thursday interview with The Associated Press, the South Dakota Republican said Democrats must scale back their expectations…
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