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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has extended a major offer to Republicans in a bid to end the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, proposing a bipartisan agreement that could reopen federal agencies within days. Schumer emphasized that Democrats are willing to negotiate spending cuts and key provisions if Republicans agree to protect vital social programs and government worker pay.         #USGovernmentShutdown #ChuckSchumer #GovernmentShutdown2025 #BreakingNews #USPolitics #SchumerOffer #Republicans #Democrats #ShutdownCrisis #WashingtonDC #USCongress #BipartisanDeal #FederalShutdown #CapitolHill #USNews  ~HT.96~

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00:00Democrats have said we must address the health care crisis, but Republicans have

00:06repeatedly said they won't negotiate to lower the health care costs until the

00:11government reopens. This proposal reopens the government and ensures working

00:17families who are shopping right now for their health care get certainty and

00:21financial relief. This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals

00:28with health care affordability, and begins a process of negotiating reforms

00:34to the ACA tax credits for the future. After so many failed votes, it's clear we

00:41need to try something different. What the Senate is doing isn't working for either

00:46party and isn't working for the American people. Democrats have said we must

00:51address the health care crisis, but Republicans have repeatedly said they

00:57won't negotiate to lower the health care costs until the government reopens. So

01:03let's find a path to honor both positions. Democrats would like to see an end to

01:09this shutdown and we want to respect Leader Thune's desire not to negotiate on ACA

01:14until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like to offer a simple

01:19proposal that would reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits

01:26simultaneously and then have the opportunity to start negotiating longer

01:33term solutions to health care costs. Let's do all three. I've spoken with my

01:39caucus and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise. Democrats are ready to

01:45clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care

01:50affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean one-year extension of the ACA

01:57tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care

02:02costs. That's not a negotiation. It's an extension of current law, something we do

02:09all the time around here, as we all know. But we also offer this. Let's create a

02:16bipartisan committee that will continue negotiations after the government reopens

02:22on reforms ahead of next year's enrollment period to provide long-term

02:27certainty that health care costs will be more affordable. This proposal reopens

02:33the government and ensures working families who are shopping right now for

02:37their health care get certainty and financial relief. While open enrollment has

02:43begun, insurers can update their rates after we pass a simple extension of the

02:50tax credits. With this approach we do not negotiate health care in the shutdown as

02:56Leader Thune has maintained he wishes and the American people get the tax credit

03:01extension they want. That is what many of our Republican colleagues have floated

03:07over the last six weeks as a compromise. A one-year tax credit extension and

03:11reforms to the credit beyond that. We will agree with the Republican request not to

03:19start negotiations until after the government reopens. All Republicans have

03:25to do is say yes to extend current law for one year. It makes sense and since what

03:32we're proposing is only a simple extension of current law, the Senate could do

03:38this within a few hours. This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals

03:46with health care affordability, and begins a process of negotiating reforms to the ACA

03:53tax credits for the future. Now the ball is in the Republicans' court. We need Republicans to just say yes.

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