{"id":14571,"date":"2025-10-08T21:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=14571"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:48:23","slug":"speaker-johnson-takes-chuck-schumer-to-the-woodshed-as-schumer-shutdown-enters-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=14571","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson Takes Chuck Schumer to the Woodshed As \u2018Schumer Shutdown\u2019 Enters Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"744\">The U.S. government has entered its <strong data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"410\">seventh day of a partial shutdown<\/strong>, with lawmakers divided over a spending agreement. The primary point of contention remains health care policy, specifically <strong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"626\">Democratic demands for an extension of pandemic-era Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies<\/strong>, and ongoing disagreement over whether federal funds should support health care coverage for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"1221\"><strong data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"766\">Senate Democrats<\/strong>, led by <strong data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"815\">Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)<\/strong>, have indicated that they will not support a clean continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government without guarantees on health care funding. In contrast, <strong data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"996\">House Republicans<\/strong>, including Speaker <strong data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1039\">Mike Johnson (R-LA)<\/strong>, argue that the subsidy debate should be handled separately from essential government funding and have called on the Senate to pass the CR approved by the House on <strong data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1220\">September 19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1656\">Schumer, who previously emphasized the importance of avoiding a shutdown, now faces criticism from Republicans who accuse Senate Democrats of prolonging the closure. 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