So, How Goes The Shutdown?
There were two long and contentious Senate Democrat caucus lunches this week, from which participants emerged "tight-lipped" but "unified". What they were apparently "unified" about was a Friday offer from Minority Leader Schumer: "I've spoken with my caucus, and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise," Schumer said during a Friday speech on the Senate floor. "Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care costs." "Now, the ball is in the Republicans' court. We need Republicans to just say yes," he continued. Schumer is also demanding a bipartisan commission to negotiate the subsidies. Schumer is demanding a negotiation, but what he doesn't seem to underatand is that the ne...