US Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continues into its 38th day.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made the offer to reopen the government on Friday as Republicans have refused to negotiate on demands to extend health care subsidies.
It was a much narrowed version of a broad proposal Democrats laid out a month ago to make the health tax credits permanent and reverse cuts to Medicaid that Republicans enacted earlier this year in U
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