GOP Has Its Boot on the Neck of Schumer and the Democrats, and Aren't About to Remove It
Rick Moran
The Supreme Court's decision to allow the administration to pay only partial SNAP benefits during the shutdown gives Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress a clear road to victory in the shutdown fight now entering its 39th day.
SCOTUS recognized that this is not a separation of powers constitutional issue. It's a political issue, and the Supreme Court tends to avoid intervening in political disputes. The ball is now firmly in the hands of the Democrats, who have gotten themselves into a no-win situation.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tried a delay gambit, offering to reopen the government if the GOP would allow Obamacare subsidies to continue unchanged for a year. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was having none of it.
“They’re feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic,” Thune said. He referred to the Democrats' offer as a “nonstarter.”
Schumer's "offer" was ludicrous. Republicans offered last month to maintain the Obamacare subsidies in the stopgap Continuing Resolution (CR) proposal that would have funded the government through Nov. 21 (now through Jan. 20), while the two sides negotiated on the subsidies.
The ploy didn't work. The offer of a "clean" CR is still available, and Democrats are only painting themselves into a corner by not accepting it.
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