'He's certainly not helping': Trump reportedly just threw wrench into shutdown negotiation

By Travis Gettys
Published November 7, 2025 8:22 AM ET

Support for a potential deal to reopen the government has fallen apart after Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was unable to gain trust from Senate Democrats on a floor vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Senate Democrats rejected an emerging proposal Thursday for a continuing resolution after they concluded over lunch that they couldn't trust President Donald Trump and House Republicans to extend the health insurance subsides or stop firing federal workers, and they don't trust Thune's commitment on bringing the subsidies onto the floor for a vote, reported The Hill and Politico.

“This is the old days of making sure you write it into black letter law," said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the ACA tax credits. "That’s what we do when we write bills. We haven’t seen that yet."

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