Posted on 10/26/2025 9:05:41 AM PDT by DFG
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy indicated Sunday that the Democrats would likely be willing to end the government shutdown for about $20 billion, a figure far lower than previously requested.
Democratic leadership has publicly demanded a permanent extension of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, a reversal of the GOP-backed Medicaid reforms, and other concessions, which would cost an estimated $1.5 trillion over the next decade.
“We could probably come up with something pretty quickly,” Murphy (D-Conn.) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “The president just announced $20 billion going to bail out the Argentinian economy.”
“For $20 billion, we could open the government back up. That’s enough money to relieve a lot of pressure,” he continued. “We can get this deal done in a day.”
Murphy has joined with Senate Democrats in using the filibuster to block a “clean” GOP-backed stopgap measure that would open the government back up through Nov. 21.
Republicans only need five Senate Dem defections to get the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster and reopen the government, which has been partially shut down since Oct. 1.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has made clear that Democrats are adamant about having a permanent extension of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are set to expire by the end of the year.
A full extension of the enhanced Obamacare Premium Tax Credits would cost $350 billion over the next decade, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.
A one-year extension would cost taxpayers $23.4 billion, according to the CBO. The original Obamacare subsidies will remain intact regardless of whether Congress addresses the enhanced refundable tax credits.
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No deal.
No.
L
Trump’s offer- FAFO
Uh uh.
OBAMACARE WAS NEVER “CARE” & WAS NEVER “AFFORDABLE”.
DEMS KNEW THIS FROM THE BEGINNING:
“YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT TO SEE WHAT IS IN IT”
A TOTAL FRAUD/SCAM FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD.
Is Murphy still letting Biden sniff his daughter’s hair?
That was the idea from the beginning. They want Blackmail or they will inflict pain on everyone. Refuse them.
No free halthcare for border hoppers ever.
The Democrats deliberately made the subsidies to ZeroCare expire in the belief they could force Republicans to make them permanent. This is an opportunity to finally kill that awful law.
Only $20 Billion? Such a deal! 🤑
a reversal of the GOP-backed Medicaid reforms,
Aka
Medicare to illegals
That’s all they care about
Infiltrated votes
No deal.
Sounds like the Dems are trying to find a way out of the mess they created.
I think you have dirtbag Murphy confused with the bald ginger dirtbag Chris coons. It’s easy to do. They are both commiecrat dirtbags from commiecrat New England states.
Only $10 billion? Why, that won’t hardly teach any Ugandans how to be queer or any Bolivians how to be trans. And only Juan, Maria and their aunts and uncles will get their badly needed free healthcare! How can we be so heartless as to cut funding for those important programs?
Which is really what they really want, really.
All the rest is just throw away. What’s a trillion bucks here or there?
Nononononono
This $20B deal is a payoff to the Insurance Industry. Even Jon Stewart saw that!
I agree with you. This is the first tangible sign that the rats are weakening.
$20 billion would cost my family $240. Or we can keep the government closed and some employees will be fired and bad programs closed while saving my family money.
Man, that is a hard choice to make.
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