Shutdown Length

[Mik]

[89th]

Hahaha made me chuckle

[jon-nyc]

Im sure the shutdown is hard on all the government employees but it’s especially hard for men. They’re foregoing $1 for every 83c the women are foregoing.

[Mik]

Yes. So unfair.

[jon-nyc]

According to Trump the shutdown has already been a victory for the Dems.

[jon-nyc]

Odd though that he thinks he wasn’t on the ballot.

[jon-nyc]

Schumer just did a thing. On the senate floor he offered a compromise. Reopen the government with a temporary extension of the ACA subsidies (which he describes as extending current law). Then create a bipartisan subgroup to negotiate something long term to address health care costs.

[Mik]

Stay the course. The additional subsidies should die. Of course the Trump tax cuts should have too.

[LuFins Dad]

The shutdown will be over by next Friday…

It’s affecting the NFL. Fans that bought tickets for the away games can’t get there, and it’s causing massive disruptions for the media and broadcast crews.

[Horace]

Seems obvious that widespread air travel disruptions are a hard line that politics can not cross.

[Horace]

It also seems likely, if not quite obvious, that Trump is such an outsized figure in all political happenings, that he’ll mostly get blamed for it. regardless of what a more nuanced take might be.

[Mik]

One side wants to open the government. the other side is holding their breath until they get what they want, contrary to what they voted for in establishing an expiration for the additional subsidies.

Coincidentally there was a piece on COVID fraud being prosecuted on Full Measure this morning. One Minnesota group scammed 250 million. We really need to quit paying for pandemic related stuff.

[jon-nyc]

End in sight?

[Mik]

Let us hope.

[Mik]

Details

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senate-advances-bill-to-end-federal-shutdown/ar-AA1Q8zJV

[jon-nyc]

Watch my flight get cancelled tomorrow anyway. lol

[Mik]

Quite possible. this will take a few days to unwind.

[Mik]

The senators who voted for the deal are a surprise. They took a deal that was offered a month ago and put the US through this wholly unnecessary trauma for no good end.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-very-bad-night-democrats-face-blowback-from-their-own-party-over-shutdown-deal/ar-AA1QaFLq

[jon-nyc]

Well they did get a promise for a vote on healthcare which wasn’t offered last time.

[Mik]

It was offered a month ago.