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There IS NO compromising with Democrats.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, told reporters Friday that the “wheels came off” in compromise talks with Democrats.
No deal. Hold fast, Thune!He told senators to remain in Washington and available for votes this weekend. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats would agree to end the shutdown in exchange for one more year of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies — an attempt to further pressure the GOP to make a deal.
Blame it on the Democrats that caused it.The uncertainty over when the shutdown might end has led to deepening concerns about damage it could do to the overall economy — with one of Trump’s top economic officials sounding the alarm on Friday. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Fox Business that the economic impact of the shutdown is “far worse” than initially expected “because it’s gone on for so long.”
I don't think anyone will be flying home for Christmas! Thanksgving will be bad enough!“If we go another month or so, then who knows how bad the economy could be this quarter,” he said.
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‘People are really hurting’: From airports to grocery stores, shutdown leaves Americans scrambling
The impacts of the longest federal government shutdown in United States history are reverberating around the country — leaving millions of Americans in limbo.news.yahoo.com
