This is a gutless compromise by the moderates, plain and simple. Reopening the government is necessary to stop punishing federal workers and people who rely on services, but doing it without a firm guarantee on ACA subsidies hands Republicans a victory they do not deserve.
Shaheen, Hassan and King just traded a lifesaving healthcare lifeline for vague promises of a future vote. If the GOP wants to play games, Democrats should at least extract real, legally binding protections now, not a “maybe” in December. I get ending the shutdown, but not on the backs of the vulnerable.
Call it relief if you want, I call it a partial defeat. Keep fighting for the subsidies and make sure any rollback of firings is actually enforced and compensated.
This is a gutless compromise by the moderates, plain and simple. Reopening the government is necessary to stop punishing federal workers and people who rely on services, but doing it without a firm guarantee on ACA subsidies hands Republicans a victory they do not deserve.
Shaheen, Hassan and King just traded a lifesaving healthcare lifeline for vague promises of a future vote. If the GOP wants to play games, Democrats should at least extract real, legally binding protections now, not a “maybe” in December. I get ending the shutdown, but not on the backs of the vulnerable.
Call it relief if you want, I call it a partial defeat. Keep fighting for the subsidies and make sure any rollback of firings is actually enforced and compensated.