Another Government Shutdown Thread

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lawgator1 said:
Maybe I wasn't clear.

The end to the ACA subsidies was buried in the massive bill. A stand alone vote on them in December allows the Dems to point to it, untethered to other things that the GOP can obfuscate with.

So when the premiums skyrocket, and the GOP passes no alternative, it will alienate many, many voters, heading into the mid terms.
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You still didn’t answer my question. Why would Dems not want to open the government back up to get your stand alone vote.
 
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BeardedVol said:
What do you think about Duffy considering using uncertified controllers to manage traffic?
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Has he really proposed that?

I don’t know what “uncertified” means, exactly, in an ATC context, but it sounds pretty important. That would seem to be a pretty dumb move, if true.

Edit: N/M, I just saw your linked article.
Says he will not use them if it isn’t allowed; surely it is not. If it is, perhaps that is a rule that .gov could get changed in a hurry.
 
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Orangeburst said:
scoring political victories again? or do you not care about the children?
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What else could they "win"? The GOP isn’t going to restore the subsidies to the past levels. All they can possibly actually get is a vote on it, to let people know exactly who it is that caused the increase in premiums.
 
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Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a late-night agreement on Sunday to fund the federal government through January 30, 2026, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history and restoring operations for furloughed employees. The deal provides full-year funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, while postponing action on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that could double premiums for 24 million Americans, with a guaranteed Senate vote in mid-December. Moderate Democrats like Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, and Tim Kaine joined GOP leaders to secure passage, despite opposition from progressives including Senator Bernie Sanders who criticized the lack of health care protections.
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jmacvols1 said:


Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a late-night agreement on Sunday to fund the federal government through January 30, 2026, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history and restoring operations for furloughed employees. The deal provides full-year funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, while postponing action on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that could double premiums for 24 million Americans, with a guaranteed Senate vote in mid-December. Moderate Democrats like Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, and Tim Kaine joined GOP leaders to secure passage, despite opposition from progressives including Senator Bernie Sanders who criticized the lack of health care protections.
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HA! Bernie just called the ACA a "horrific situation."

So, basically, rather than fix a system he himself calls broken, and which he acknowledges doesn't work, he wants to throw more money at it.

That is why I can't take the Ds seriously on this issue.
 
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Eight Democrat senators, Durbin, Hassan, King, Cortez Masto, Kaine, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman, have joined 52 Republicans in a procedural vote to reopen the government.
 
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