WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Nov. 7 proposed a new plan to end the record-breaking federal government shutdown, drawing swift rejections from Republicans.
Schumer made the pitch ahead of a possible vote on a Republican-backed bill to fund the government.
“What the Senate is doing isn’t working for either party and isn’t working for the American people,” Schumer said.
Schumer said on the Senate floor that his proposal would continue expiring premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, for a year, giving lawmakers time to work out a longer solution.
They are slated to expire at the end of this year. Open enrollment for Obamacare, when prospective customers first got a look at potential new costs, began on Nov. 1….
Schumer Proposes New Plan to End Government Shutdown
