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Day 2 of making a thread every day until Democrats allow the US government to re-open
Day 2 Updates:
- The Senate will not hold votes on Thursday in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-second-day-trump-johnson/
- Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5531239-senate-funding-bill-shutdown-vote/
- Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out https://archive.is/PLl7x (AP news, original URL is spam filtered)
At the heart of the standoff is Democratic Party demands that Republicans agree to an additional $700bn in spending by restoring cuts to healthcare that were enacted over the summer and make permanent the expiring temporary COVID emergency health care credits enacted in 2023 that are due to expire Jan 1, 2026.
Day 2 Updates:
- The Senate will not hold votes on Thursday in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-second-day-trump-johnson/
- Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5531239-senate-funding-bill-shutdown-vote/
- Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out https://archive.is/PLl7x (AP news, original URL is spam filtered)
At the heart of the standoff is Democratic Party demands that Republicans agree to an additional $700bn in spending by restoring cuts to healthcare that were enacted over the summer and make permanent the expiring temporary COVID emergency health care credits enacted in 2023 that are due to expire Jan 1, 2026.
