{"id":1611445,"date":"2025-11-06T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1611445"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:55:00","slug":"theres-a-plan-group-of-centrist-democrats-want-colleagues-to-end-shutdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/theres-a-plan-group-of-centrist-democrats-want-colleagues-to-end-shutdown-2\/1611445\/","title":{"rendered":"“There’s A Plan”: Group Of Centrist Democrats Want Colleagues To End Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

“There’s A Plan”: Group Of Centrist Democrats Want Colleagues To End Shutdown<\/span><\/p>\n

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A group of eight centrist Democrats who want to end the government shutdown – now the longest in US history –\u00a0have been approaching their colleagues<\/strong>\u00a0about a deal to reopen the federal government this week or next week, however\u00a0progressives within the party are pushing back hard<\/strong>, according to\u00a0The Hill<\/em><\/a>, citing people familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n

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To refresh your memory, the crux of the shutdown is that Democrats want to extend pandemic-era Obamacare enhancements, which include coverage for illegals – and they’re unwilling to kick the can down the road with a “clean” (free of new<\/em>\u00a0pork) continuing resolution while congress debates a larger package (again).<\/p>\n

According to one senator, the centrist Democrats include Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Gary Peters (D-MI) – and apparently have the ‘contours of a deal’ and are “whipping” more of their colleagues to sign on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) has reportedly signaled that she would likely support such a deal,\u00a0which would include a plan to pass regular appropriations bills<\/strong>, as well as a vote on extending expiring health insurance subsidies\u00a0(which were always meant to be temporary during the pandemic).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deal would also create a path for approving an appropriations package to fund part of the federal government through 2026, and would guarantee Democrats a vote in the Senate on extending the enhanced Obamacare provisions.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s a plan<\/strong>, we\u2019ve all kind of semiagreed to it and we\u2019re now seeing not whether [Senate Democratic Leader Chuck] Schumer will support it but whether he will not blow it up<\/strong>,” one senator told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats met for more than two hours at lunch Tuesday to discuss the parameters of the emerging deal.<\/em><\/p>\n

One person familiar with Tuesday\u2019s heated discussion within the caucus says there appears to be at least eight Democratic votes to reopen the government<\/strong> \u2014 even though progressive Democratic senators vented their frustration with the potential deal. -The Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

“To me, it looked like there were eight votes, but it could change. There\u2019s a lot to think about,” one senator told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Shaheen, Peters and Hassan\u00a0do<\/em>\u00a0vote for a short-term spending deal, GOP leaders would only need two more votes\u00a0<\/strong>to reopen the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That said, since Rand Paul (R-KY) has repeatedly voted against a House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21, and GOP leaders will need eight Democrats to cross the aisle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They’ve already got the support of Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Angus King (I-ME), who have all repeatedly voted in favor of the bill.<\/p>\n

Other Democrats who have been involved in talks with Shaheen and Peters are Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who faces a competitive reelection next year, and Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Slotkin, however, signaled to reporters Tuesday that she wants to see a solution to rising healthc are costs as part of any agreement to fund the government.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen there\u2019s a deal and we get something on health care, I\u2019ll be ready to reopen the government,\u201d she said.\u00a0 -The Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

Yet,\u00a0progressives want Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)<\/strong>\u00a0to ‘use his personal influence’ to dissuade the coalition of centrist Dems from reopening the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of note, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said that\u00a0any proposal that would extend Obamacare subsidies would need 60 votes in the Senate<\/strong>\u00a0– ruling out the possibility of passing such a provision with a simple-majority vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 47% of<\/strong>\u00a0Polymarket bettors think we’re in for another 10 days of this, minimum<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 11\/06\/2025 – 09:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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