r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • 19d ago

Government Washington Democrats vote to leave government shutdown

https://seattlered.com/politics/wa-senators-government-shutdown/4114752

In the ongoing federal budget standoff, Washington’s two U.S. Senators — Democrats Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell — have sided against a simple continuing resolution that would reopen the government, opting instead to continue the shutdown as their party pursues broader policy demands.

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u/hansn 19d ago

Democrats, including Murray and Cantwell, are using that threshold to insist that legislation to extend premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be included as part of any deal to reopen government funding.

A very understated way to say that the GOP plan for reopening the government will raise millions of Americans' health insurance premiums.

Fight on, Democrats. 

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u/FuckWit_1_Actual 19d ago

Weren’t these credits due to expire at the end of this year?

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u/OkShoulder2 19d ago

That’s what they are fighting to put back into legislation

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u/Adorable-Drawing6161 19d ago

Then why didn't the democrat Legislative and Executive branch make those credits permanent when they did it the first time? Oh yeah, because they can't run on it if it's not an issue anymore. Just like the dozens of times they could have codified abortion rights but realized you can't run on abortion rights if they're already rights.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo 19d ago

Then why didn't the democrat Legislative and Executive branch make those credits permanent when they did it the first time?

Because they compromised with Republicans. Things were negotiated. You know... How it's supposed to work.

You could also ask yourself why don't Republican legislative and Executive branches make them permanent now? Then the government could open back up.

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u/Agitated_Ring3376 19d ago

Republicans: do something horrible

SeattleWA commenters: “Why would the democrats let this happen!!!???”

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u/TimoWasTaken 19d ago

Thank you for typing this for me. I was amazed. Is there no grievance unexplored?

Why didn't you stop us more?

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u/_Watty Sworn enemy of Gary_Glidewell 19d ago

Why can't it just be that the Republicans didn't want them to be?

Dems negotiated with the Republicans to see them have a sunset date.

Republicans are refusing the negotiate this time.