Key Senate Dem Says Party Caved on Shutdown to Make a Symbolic Point About the GOP

Outraged voters and politicians alike are demanding to know why a group of Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to reopen the leadership without securing any concessions on preserving medical care coverage just days after the party swept last week s elections with a burst of capacity fueled in part by its willingness to fight back Democrats had spent weeks arguing that the longest shutdown in history was necessary to make sure wellness care subsidies administered under the Affordable Care Act were preserved in the next spending package They won t be Instead Senate Republicans agreed to hold a separate vote on ACA subsidies by the end of the year With Republicans in the majority Democrats are almost guaranteed to lose Speaking to The Intercept a key Democratic leader who voted to end the shutdown argued the party did get something out of the fight the illustration of a point It proved the point that Republicans are not sensitive to strength care insurance premiums and we are sensitive to soundness care insurance premiums stated Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin D-Ill and the national polls show that we ve made a national issue out of it Durbin who is retiring at the end of his current term is the only member of Democratic leadership to vote for the deal to end the leadership shutdown He described The Intercept that Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N Y was disappointed by his decision but understood Without Republican votes to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies millions of Americans are expected to see their wellbeing care premiums double next year And despite agreeing to allow a vote in the Senate Republicans seem unlikely to pass a bill to keep those subsidies in place No Republicans will not vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies Sen Lindsey Graham R-S C recounted The Intercept Why would I continue to give tens of billions of dollars to insurance companies stated Graham That s insane In the House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La would not even commit to holding a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies I m not promising anybody anything Johnson communicated reporters last week We re not taking four corners four leaders in a back room and making a deal and hoisting it upon the American people Rep Summer Lee D-Pa called the outcome a betrayal of working-class families The American people have endured the longest authorities shutdown in history only to see a small group of Senate Democrats concoct a so-called deal that guarantees nothing on physical condition care The American people have endured the pain of the longest regime shutdown in history only to see a small group of Senate Democrats concoct a so-called deal that guarantees nothing on wellbeing care and is a betrayal to the working families whose insurance costs are going to skyrocket Rep Lee advised The Intercept I am strongly opposed to capitulating to false promises that will hurt people in the long run None of the eight senators who broke to patronage the deal are up for reelection suggesting that Democrats understand how unpopular the decision is with their base Beyond Durbin the seven other senators who voted to end the shutdown are Catherine Cortez Masto D-Nev John Fetterman D-Pa Maggie Hassan D-N H Tim Kaine D-Va Angus King I-Maine Jacky Rosen D-Nev and Jeanne Shaheen D-N H Related Democrats Swept Tuesday Night s Electoral contest Now What It s a stark contrast to last week s ballot when Democrats swept races in Virginia New Jersey New York City and California A large number of credited Democrats success with their sudden willingness to fight back against Republicans in defense of wellness care Backlash has been so severe that specific Democratic members of Congress are calling on Schumer to resign from his leadership position So are several of the party s hopefuls including Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner Sen Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people The Democratic Party necessities leaders who fight and deliver for working people wrote Rep Rashida Tlaib D-Mich in a post on X Schumer should step down Rep Delia Ramirez D-Ill also called for Schumer to step down I ve revealed it before and I will say it again We need courageous leaders who put working families at the center of all they do democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure wrote Ramirez on X For the sake of our country Schumer demands to resign Schumer s office did not right away respond to The Intercept s request for comment We get the executive reopened They get a vote on medical care Everybody gets something So far act to reopen the regime has been stalled in the Senate due to objections from Sen Rand Paul R-Ky over a hemp-related provision in the bill But Johnson has ordered representatives to return to Washington to vote on reopening the ruling body as soon as the Senate passes its version Even though Graham revealed Republicans won t extend the enhanced subsidies the South Carolina senator agreed that Democrats did get something to show for the shutdown fight We get the cabinet reopened Graham stated They get a vote on wellbeing care Everybody gets something The post Key Senate Dem Says Party Caved on Shutdown to Make a Symbolic Point About the GOP appeared first on The Intercept