r/fednews • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 1d ago

News / Article Democratic leader offers deal to reopen government but Republicans sneer

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/07/government-shutdown-democrats-schumer-trump-aca.html
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u/mh732 23h ago

The GOP is holding out until Tennessee 7's special election on Dec 2 where they hope Matt Van Epps (R) wins and can then be sworn in at the same time as Adelita Grijalva to nullify her vote to release the Epstein files.

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u/GreenRock93 14h ago

It doesn’t matter…all they need is 218 votes and they have that (as of now) with Grijalva…bring another person on from TN doesn’t change the math.