Congress seems to be careening toward a government shutdown, as Democratic and Republican leaders remain at an impasse over funding negotiations and expiring health care subsidies. Lawmakers have less than 24 hours to reach a deal before a midnight deadline.
Senate Democrats have refused to back the spending bill in an effort to force Republicans to negotiate on federal health care subsidies.
They are pushing for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year in exchange for their support. Democrats also want to repeal cuts to health care programs that were enacted by the GOP’s tax and spending bill passed earlier this summer.
To me, they couldve included the meat of the actual bill. They could’ve said what the Republicans actually proposed and why.
You can’t just say “one side disagrees here” without context of what the other side is arguing for.
NPR is far better than most but that’s still an omission.