Oh -- hell, no.
Posted on 10/08/2025 7:05:19 AM PDT by Twotone
Sen. Susan Collins is reportedly shopping around a potential off-ramp to the government shutdown that has paralyzed Washington, but the Maine Republican is not ready to give in on the primary demand by her Democratic colleagues.
Collins has been circulating a “discussion draft” of a proposal that would include GOP pledges on a deal related to enhanced Obamacare tax credits, Punchbowl News reported.
But Collins is insisting that any extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies should be negotiated after Congress passes a funding resolution that would allow the government to reopen.
Collins told reporters Monday that she has a draft of a proposal to get out of the shutdown, which she has shared “selectively.”
“There are a lot of informal discussions, but so far there’s no product, so we have the discussion draft,” she said, according to the news site NOTUS.
Her draft “suggests that there be a conversation on the ACA extension ... after we reopen government,” she said, according to NOTUS.
“I do think we need an extension, but we also need some reforms, such as a cap on how much income you can earn, and that is totally feasible to do right after we finish keeping government open,” Collins said Monday, according to the Maine Morning Star.
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No health care for illegals. That’s should be an easy “no” for any Republican.
Susan Collins , ROFL , Republican ?
This article is so predictable. First we get the sob story articles about how the shutdown is causing fear among poor federal workers. Then we get the articles about how everyone blames Republicans. Then we get the articles about how the GOP is feeling the pressure. What’s missing? Any blame for the Dems.
The mass layoffs have not happened yet.
Don’t do anything until a huge qty of fed employees are gone.
Once those cuts start coming down, the Dems will be begging to sign anything to make it stop.
It would alos be a great time to pull Bondi, and put in DeSantis as AG as a recess appointment..
Republicans face pressure to consider Democrats’ health-care demands as shutdown drags on
CNBC - such a reliable source
Questions anyone?
Spineless Reps will blink first, they always do.
“cap on how much income you can earn”
Is it possible that not just Obamacare, but the last 60 years has been approaching it the wrong way?
What if society was organized with an incentive to earn more, rather than the fear of earning more?
“cap on how much income you can earn”
Is it possible that not just Obamacare, but the last 60 years has been approaching it the wrong way?
What if society was organized with an incentive to earn more, rather than the fear of earning more?
RINOs trying to prove once again that they are in the “stupid party” and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Stopped reading at ‘CNBC’.
THE MEDICAL SUPPORT OF ILLEGALS AT THE COST TO AMERICANS IS UNSUSTAINABLE.....AND NOT WARRANTED.
All trump has to do is signal he will veto any bill that allows for anything for the illegals.
BS. If they give in to providing healthcare to the DemonRATS freeloading non-citizens, Americans lose everything we’ve won since Trump took back the presidency. Trump might as well open the borders again so no freeloader in the friggin western hemisphere misses any medical services and doctor’s appointments paid for by the dumbass and retarded voters.
Susan Collins, political whore.
First of all, isn’t it called the affordable care act? If it needs to be subsidized must not be that affordable. Secondly, never ever ever ever give in on the principle that illegals are not eligible for any federal social benefits.
I think that signal is sent everyday with ICE. Make it a federal crime to accept government support without proof of citizenship.
Oh -- hell, no.
No.
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Conversation?
My, my, that's some pretty heavy language.
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