Re: October 1, 2025 (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

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.