US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy lunch, more than a month after the ongoing US government shutdown began, on Capitol Hill on November 4, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA.
Annabelle Gordon | Reuters
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer presented Republican lawmakers on Friday with a new plan that would allow the U.S. government to reopen after the shutdown that began on October 1.
Schumer’s proposal would require Democrats to agree to pass a so-called clean resolution that would provide short-term funding for government operations.
In return, New York lawmakers said Republicans would agree to a separate one-year extension of existing expanded tax credits designed to reduce the cost of health insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
The other part of the agreement calls for the creation of a bipartisan committee to continue negotiations on long-term reforms to address the issue of health care affordability.
Schumer’s offer sets aside Democrats’ longstanding demand that the short-term funding resolution include an extension of expanded ACA subsidies that are set to expire at the end of December. That demand has resulted in a clean House Republican draft resolution failing to get the 60 votes it needs to pass in the Senate.
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“Democrats have said we must address the health care crisis, but Republicans have repeatedly said they will not negotiate to reduce health care costs until the government reopens,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Friday afternoon.
“So let’s find a way to honor both positions,” he said.
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