Reckoning looms for politicians as longest government shutdown persists

A reckoning is coming Or shall we say reckonings And they re coming whether the ruling body re-opens soon or remains shuttered If the administration stays closed voters will likely torch both parties for not hammering out a deal Air traffic delays are stacking up Those problems only intensify as we near Thanksgiving and Christmas That s to say nothing of multiple missed paychecks for federal employees stress economic consequences and no SNAP benefits for the needy SCHUMER DEMS UNVEIL ALTERNATIVE SHUTDOWN PLAN ASK FOR ONE-YEAR EXTENSION TO OBAMACARE SUBSIDIESSome of those concerns will dissipate if lawmakers address the shutdown rapidly But there will be a reckoning if the shutdown drags deeper into November There are likely specific reckonings for both political parties For Republicans it s a resistance by GOP leaders to address spiking soundness care subsidies Yes The GOP is making a compelling argument that strength care subsidies are only necessary because Obamacare is a concern and vitality care prices skyrocketed So Republicans are back fighting against Obamacare In fact the entire establishment shutdown is not about spending levels and appropriations It s a re-litigation of the touchstone law passed under President Obama in And Republicans despite multiple campaign promises and dozens of efforts to kill the law over a six-year period failed at nearly every turn Despite issues with Obamacare Democrats annexed the masses s concern about robustness care costs and linked that to regime funding Democrats appear like the party trying to address the issue as premiums spike And Republicans despite promises that they ll get to it are inert on the subject They re even championing efforts to lambaste Obamacare much the same as they did in when Congress passed the law Republicans are latched on to the concept that the subsidies are pumping money to insurance companies as Sen James Lankford R-Okla put it on Fox Lankford also characterized those who benefitted from Obamacare as a select group It works out to about million people That s seven percent of the U S population So maybe that burns the GOP politically Maybe it doesn t A major reckoning looms for the Democrats too It s practicable that a coalition of Democratic senators may break with the Democratic Party and backing a new GOP plan to re-open the establishment on a temporary basis Nowhere is it written that Democrats who made the shutdown about robustness care are guaranteed an outcome on Obamacare subsidies Yes House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La and Senate Majority Leader John Thune R-S D have declared they ll address the wellbeing care issue after the ruling body is open But that s not necessarily a fix TRUMP URGES SENATE REPUBLICANS TO REDIRECT FUNDS FROM OBAMACARE-BACKED INSURERS PAY AMERICANS DIRECTLYSo Democrats are fuming Therefore it s a distinct possibility that Democrats will refuse to fund the leadership in an effort to extract a concession on Obamacare subsidies and walk away empty-handed Such an outcome will spark an internecine firestorm inside the Democratic Party Progressives felt that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N Y rolled them back in March when he and a squadron of other Democrats helped the GOP crack a filibuster to avoid a shutdown It s doubtful that Schumer will help this time But Senate Republicans hope to coax just enough Democrats to overcome the filibuster on a pending test vote and then fund the regime through late January That s the reckoning for the Democrats No outcome on healthcare care And getting the screws put to them by members of their own party Again Progressives will be apoplectic And House Democrats will seethe not so privately at Senate Democrats The Senate s test vote on the new GOP proposal could come as early as Sunday evening The revised package would also fund the Department of Agriculture and Department of Veterans Affairs plus Congress until Sept Fox is reported Republicans believe they are in range of persuading Democrats who are sweating the shutdown to join them Fox is explained that air traffic control and flight delays are contributing to the Democrats consternation That commented it is considered that the Senate GOP leadership is reluctant to force a vote related to the retooled spending bill without a guarantee it could break a filibuster The last thing the Senate necessities is another failed procedural vote after repeated failed test votes over the past six weeks REPUBLICANS TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO BASHING OBAMACARE AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS DAY Let s event out the timing for a moment By the book if the Senate breaks the filibuster late Sunday it s doubtful the chamber can take a final vote on the package until Monday or Tuesday But Fox is described there is a distinct possibility that Democrats could yield back time to expedite the process in the interest of briskly re-opening the authorities By the same token angry liberal senators could bleed out the parliamentary clocks and attempt to amend the bill to their liking presumably with Obamacare provisions The Senate must break yet another filibuster to finish the bill Then it s on to final passage That only requirements a simple majority And even if certain Democrats voted to hurdle the filibuster they might not promotion the underlying plan at the end However that s not a dilemma if GOP senators provide the necessary votes Then it s on to the House The House s disposition is unclear on this act However it s hard to believe that the majority Republicans wouldn t take this deal Reps Tom Suozzi D-N Y Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Wash and Jared Golden D-Maine are among moderate Democrats who may be in play to vote yes if the GOP loses a minimal votes Golden was the lone House Democrat who voted for the old interim spending bill on Friday September Golden has since informed his retirement Another big question Would the House swear-in Rep -elect Adelita Grijalva D-Ariz before or after the vote Democrats will bray if Johnson fails to swear-in Grijalva before a feasible House voteAnd as we say it s unfailingly about the math Swearing-in Grijalva puts the House at members with two vacancies The breakdown is Republicans to Democrats That means the GOP can only lose two votes before needing help from the Democrats Regardless the House would not come back until at least the middle of next week if not later It hinges on how fast the Senate can move if it has the votes to break a filibuster and what happens to the Obamacare question All of this is uncertain after days of the executive shutdown And the only thing which is certain is the political reckoning for both parties