Congressional Republicans are reportedly trying to insert anti-abortion language into government funding legislation as the shutdown continues, with the GOP and President Donald Trump digging in against a clean extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits as insurance premiums surge.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, sounded the alarm on Saturday about what he characterized as the latest Republican sneak attack on reproductive rights.
Wyden said Saturday—which marked day 39 of the shutdown—that “Republicans are spinning a tale that the government is funding abortion.”
“It’s not,” Wyden continued. “What Republicans are talking about putting on the table amounts to nothing short of a backdoor national abortion ban. Under this plan, Republicans could weaponize federal funding for any organization that does anything related to women’s reproductive healthcare. They could also weaponize the tax code by revoking non-profit status for these organizations.”
“The possibilities are endless, but the results are the same: a complete and total restriction on abortion, courtesy of Republicans,” the senator added. “Trump said he’d leave abortion care up to the states. Well, this latest scheme makes it crystal clear: A de facto nationwide abortion ban has been his plan all along.”
Spoiler: They won’t.
They’re already on the verge of capitulating… for literally no concessions! Move over Donald Trump, we found a new Art of the Deal 😐
Already capitulated actually. Senate voted last night to reopen the government on nothing but vague assurances of a vote on extending the ACA subsidies.
A vote that will never be brought to the floor or just voted down immediately.
Yuuuuuup. But don’t worry guys. The Democrats get to write the bill they’re going to vote on! That’s something, right?
because AIPIAC/AIRLINES pressured schumer to go pick 8 sacrificial lambs.
Idk the more I think about it the more I think it was more the worry that Trump might actually have been able to whip enough votes to actually get rid of the filibuster. Because I feel like with the air lobby money they’d had to have felt like the easier path for them would have been to get Republicans to agree to the offer that Schumer put on the table the other day right? Like idk maybe they were worried about Trump siccing DoT or whoever on them but I still feel like business wise anybody with half a brain would have seen this backlash coming and how much of a risk that would be to the politicians they’ve bought and paid for right? Then they’ve gotta waste all this money fighting the primary challenges or trying to buy whoever unseats the guy they’ve already bought. So I’ve gotta feel like the cheapest option for them would be pressuring the Republicans to agree to Schumer’s limp dick “deal” he offered the other day and taking whatever retaliation Trump brings on the chin and trying to placate him with another ego donation or something right?
So I’m feeling more and more like it’s gotta be that Schumer was worried that Trump might actually have been close to getting Thune to agree to nuke the filibuster.
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So do we know what the pain point was that finally caused them to cave? Was it air traffic delays/cancellations? We know it wasn’t starving people, at very least
I can almost guarantee you they were looking at Thanksgiving travel plans coming up and that was it.