Republicans are feeling the pressure after being clobbered in the 2025 elections to end the government shutdown.
Moderate Republicans in the Senate have been meeting with moderate Democrats in the Senate to try to work out a deal to reopen the government. One of the areas they still haven’t reached an agreement on is restoring Obamacare subsidies.
One of the biggest problems facing any deal is that House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to even allow a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies.
If the speaker won’t change his position, it doesn’t matter what the Senate agrees to, it won’t go anywhere.
Johnson’s mislabeled ‘clean CR’ expires on November 21.
Republicans appear desperate to get a deal done before a glut of air travel occurs over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Trump is MIA and as usual doesn’t care about the shutdown, leaving those who want to end subsidies and open the government need a solution to get past the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A group of freshman senators who served in the House of Representatives have spoken with House Republicans and believe they have found a solution.
If their solution works, it would humiliate Mike Johnson.
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