Day 6 of making a thread every day until Democrats allow the US government to re-open

Day 6 Updates:
- Senate fails again to pass a funding bill https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587
- Trump says he will negotiate healthcare, but demands the government first be re-opened https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-7d7e6f9b4e52d05b692cc40ec6c96cf3
- Schumer says there are no negotiations right now https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/06/donald-trump-national-guard-ice-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates
- White House contradicts Trump and says that firings have not yet began https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/6/white-house-reverses-trump-claim-firings-have-begun-amid-govt-shutdown

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.