Welcome to our reside protection of the federal authorities shutdown, which has entered a fifth day.
We’ll carry you updates on the stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in Congress as lawmakers make the rounds on Sunday morning political speak exhibits. We’re additionally monitoring the impacts we’re seeing across the country for common Americans.
If you tuned out for the previous couple days, right here’s the lay of the land:
• How we acquired right here: Democrats are pressuring Republicans to increase enhanced Obamacare subsidies as a part of any stopgap invoice to fund the authorities, whereas the GOP says the challenge can wait till the finish of the 12 months. Failure to increase the subsidies may spike premiums by 75% on common, based on KFF, a nonpartisan well being coverage analysis group.
• We’re nonetheless seeing a variety of finger-pointing: Democratic senators say they’re ready for “real negotiation” on well being care coverage and a invoice to fund the authorities, accusing Republicans of following President Donald Trump’s lead and trolling Democrats relatively than engaged on a compromise. The GOP is accusing Democrats of utilizing the shutdown for political achieve. Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer informed Fox News yesterday that the House GOP has achieved its job by passing a stopgap funding invoice, laying the blame on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
• But the impacts go effectively past political spats: Federal staff, a big majority of whom work outside the Washington, DC, area, face uncertainty about their subsequent paycheck. Food banks are preparing for increased demand from furloughed employees. Americans who needed to spend the weekend at national parks and museums are making new plans.
• Faint indicators of concern in Trump’s orbit: Trump has embraced the political battle, however quiet concerns are building amongst his allies that the politics of the shutdown might show extra difficult than they initially hoped. In early polling, Americans are simply as prone to fault Trump as they’re congressional Democrats.