Democrats Meet to Discuss Deal to Reopen Government
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Democrats are discussing a deal to reopen the government after a shutdown, sparking debate among commenters about the motivations behind the shutdown and potential political gains.
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Maybe to you. ACA subsidies are important to millions of Americans, and not expensive enough to the taxpayer to warrant cutting. I support a shutdown until an amicable solution can be found, there's no reason we should be cutting corporate tax rates while levying the cost of American healthcare.
Just to reiterate in case it isn’t clear, one side (Republicans) is not making any changes. The other side is refusing to fund the government in a way that makes no changes. Instead, they’re asking for a change and in an odd way (by extending emergency measures) rather than by passing legislation that, for example, changes how the ACA works.
Republicans have the majority. If they perceive that to be a solution, why won't agree they implement it?
Cloture is a very valuable tool for the minority in the Senate to keep the majority in check. Cloture is just a rule which can be changed by just a majority vote. I think it's a mistake for either party to do away with this rule. For example, during the Obama Administration, the Democratic members of the Senate changed the rules to allow federal judges to be approved with just majority vote. Then, during the first Trump Administration, the Republican members changed the rules to include supreme court judges, which lead to the current supreme court.