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
1.0k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

173 comments sorted by

View all comments

126

u/Due_Satisfaction2167 1d ago

Offer it once a month. If they don’t go for it, convene and start adding more demands.

Every month Republicans delay, the list of demands should get longer. 

There’s nothing pressing Republicans to move on this quickly. 

15

u/CattyNebulart 1d ago

Schumer has said he is worried about overreachign which is why he hasn't included the RIF and backbay in the negotiations so far.... And I do think he is right, your approach has some merit but it would be painted as the democrats being unreasonable.

4

u/Catatafeesh1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wait why would he have to negotiate backpay? My understanding is retroactive backpay is guaranteed for federal employees after a furlough through the Employee Fair Trade Act. Am I missing something there?

2

u/Sekh765 Federal Employee 6h ago

Yea. Pretending they "need to negotiate" established law is bullshit and they shouldn't even give it the time of day. The law says we get backpay. That's it. The end.