Senate Democrats Proposal to Open Government

Senate Democrats Proposal to Open Government

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We’ve put forward this very simple proposal. Extend the tax credits for one year. We are not asking to make any major changes to the current law.

Just extend that to protect people who are suffering right now and are hurting. We’re just asking to keep the credits in place for one year. So that families can see some immediate financial relief from the costs that are going through the roof.

So that they can make important decisions about buying their health care right now. Right now during open enrollment, this is live. People are dealing with this situation as we speak.

We can fix this. If we care about making sure families can afford their health care, we should all agree on that. We should get 100 votes here for people to say, we’re going to do everything we can to protect health care for Americans.

And we can do that right now. And we can open up government right now. We can pay employees.

We can move this country forward if we do that. All we need is a very simple extension of a law that’s already existed for some time. If we vote for this compromise today, we could open up government.

This could all be behind us. Families could get some certainty for their future for the next year while we look at long term solutions that government can open. But it takes all of us just to say, we’re willing to compromise for the good of the country.

My colleagues are standing here saying we are willing to compromise for the good of the country. I just hope my Republican colleagues agree.