Yeah, didn't know this. If this is the case, we can expect this federal
government shutdown to last a very, very long time -- probably months,
perhaps years.
> From: Noelle <noelle>
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 07:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > From: Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American <http://www.substack.com/~heathercoxrichardson>
> > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 05:09:03 +0000
> >
> > View this post on the web at
> > https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-2025
> >
> > Republicans control the Senate and could end the filibuster for
> > the continuing resolution that would fund the government, thus enabling them
> > to pass it through the Senate with a simple majority if they wanted to.
> > Instead, they want Democratic votes for it, evidently wanting to make sure
> > Republicans alone do not take the blame for their budget reconciliation bill
> > of July as its deeply unpopular measures are becoming clear.
> > That measure cut Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
> > benefits as well as a slew of other programs. While it extended tax cuts for
> > the wealthy and corporations, Republicans permitted the premium tax credit
> > for purchasing health insurance under the Affordable Healthcare Act to lapse
> > at the end of this year. The end of that program is already sending
> > healthcare insurance premiums skyrocketing.
> > Democrats say they will not agree to a continuing resolution to fund the
> > government until the premium tax credits are extended past their end date of
> > 2025. Republicans want to force Democrats to abandon this demand, thus
> > getting at least a semblance of a buy-in to the dramatic cuts that are
> > already hitting Americans hard.