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The government shutdown is on track to end with no resolution for expiring healthcare subsidies, and Democrats say Republicans want an abortion ban.
Senate Republicans are signaling they'll go along with extending taxpayer-funded Obamacare subsidies set to expire at year's end, but only if
Republicans and Democrats are about to go to war over one of the most contentious issues in American politics.
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John Thune Shuts Down Democratic Offer to End Shutdown as ‘Non-Starter’: ‘Doesn’t Even Get Close’
Thune trashed Dems' offer to end the shutdown that “doesn’t even get close” after a proposal to extend Obamacare tax credits in exchange for reopening.
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Senate Republicans reject Friday proposal to reopen government that would extend ACA tax credits
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Friday called a Democrat proposal to reopen the government a "non-starter" as the shutdown continues.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend the filibuster on Day One of his leadership tenure,
South Dakota's senators voted for a deal that appears poised to reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.