Most of the federal government is shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement. We asked two House members — a Democrat and Republican — where they think talks go from here
Most of the federal government is shut down after Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a funding agreement to keep it open.
Democrats wanted to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies used to make health insurance premiums more affordable for millions, but Republicans said they wanted to discuss extending the credits after reaching an agreement to fund the government. Democrats also wanted to repeal cuts made to healthcare programs by President Trump’s signature legislation — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Trump has blamed Democrats for the shutdown and said last week he would look for a way to do a „reduction in force“ of federal workers in the event the government closed.
So where does Congress go from here? Morning Edition’s Leila Fadel spoke to two House members — Democrat Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Republican Mike Haridopolos of Florida — to get a sense.
Here’s what they had to say.Haridopolos hopes more Democrats will come around to support re-opening the government
On Tuesday night, Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada — as well as independent Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats — voted for a Republican-backed plan in the Senate that would have kept the government open for seven weeks.
