Thune says he offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies to end government shutdown

Shutdown! Do You Care?

By John Stossel, The Daily Signal | October 17, 2025 The government is “shut down.” Media call this a “crisis.” A “crisis [with] no deal in sight,” says Fox News. Reuters says it’s a “key risk to U.S. stability.” But when I look around, I see business as usual—families raise children, workers work, people play music …The media act like government is the most important part of life. It isn’t. Fortunately, most of life, and the best of life, happe…

MACDONALD: The Dems Take Another "Hostage" - This Time It's Democracy!

Another episode of the reality television series, “Schumer Shutdown,” just dropped. Senate Republican Leader John Thune offered an exchange. A promised scheduled vote on the Obamacare subsidy that Dems are using to hold the government hostage in exchange for opening the government on the clean CR. Pass the CR, and we’ll set a hard date ... Read more The post MACDONALD: The Dems Take Another “Hostage” – This Time It’s Democracy! appeared first on…

Thune Says He Won’t Negotiate ‘Under Hostage Conditions’ to End Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Oct. 17 reiterated that the government needs to be reopened before any talks with Democrats on health care. The majority leader said on social media that he would be willing to hold talks with Democrats on “growing unaffordability and unsustainability of Obamacare,” or the Affordable Care Act. “I’m even willing to give them a vote. Today. Tomorrow. Next week. You name it,” he said in a post on X. “Bu…

Cramer expects ‘a couple more Democrats to come around’ next week on shutdown, says Obamacare subsidy issue is ‘windfall’ for insurance companies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer says Republicans remain “100% unified” on the issues revolving around the stalemate over the government shutdown, and expects the ice to thaw with more Democrats next week. But on The Flag’s What’s On Your Mind?’, Cramer did express concern about the shutdown fallout, which is into its third week, and the impact on essential services if it drags on. “What I do worry about is that there are som…

Republicans Rush to End Shutdown, but Democrats Aren’t Playing Ball - Liberty Nation News

By James Fite Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) made Democrats an offer he thought they couldn’t refuse on Thursday, October 16, to end the shutdown. But as it turns out, they could – and did – refuse it. In another bill, Republicans offered payment for troops and other federal workers, but Democrats said it was full of […]

Senate Chiefs Snub Each Other Amid Shutdown Standoff

Two weeks into the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., remain publicly at odds, refusing to meet and instead trading accusations through the media, while both cast President Donald Trump as the eventual key to unlocking healthcare negotiations, Axios reported. Thune says he has not phoned Schumer directly because he sees Schumer as boxed in. "He's got all these groups coming …