Republicans are feeling the pressure after being defeated in 2025 elections aimed at ending government shutdown.
Moderate Senate Republicans met with moderate Senate Democrats to try to reach an agreement to reopen the government. One area they still haven’t reached 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 the Obamacare subsidies.
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If the speaker does not change his position, no matter what the Senate agrees on, it will achieve nothing.
Johnson’s falsely labeled “clean CR” expires on November 21.
Republicans appear eager to strike a deal before the glut of air travel over Thanksgiving weekend.
Trump is MIA and doesn’t care about the shutdown as usual, leaving those who want to end subsidies and open the government in need of a workaround to get around the Speaker of the House.
A group of freshman senators who served in the House have talked with House Republicans and believe they have found a solution.
If their solution works, it would humiliate Mike Johnson.
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