"I think everybody who follows this knows that's a nonstarter. There is no way. The Obamacare extension is the negotiation. That's what we're going to negotiate once the government opens up, Thune told CBS News. He continued: But you know, a one-year extension along the lines of what they're suggesting, I think everybody knows they're and without Hyde protections it doesn't even get close."
"I think it's an indication that they're feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic, he said. So I guess you could characterize that as progress, but I just don't think that it gets anywhere close to what we need to do here. And they know it. And I think anybody who's been following this debate knows it too."
Senate Republicans rejected a Democratic offer to reopen the government while simultaneously extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. Democrats proposed a one-year extension of premium tax credits to reopen shuttered agencies and then negotiate longer-term health-care solutions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune labeled the proposal a nonstarter, insisting Republicans will only discuss health care after the government reopens and criticizing the suggested extension as inadequate and lacking Hyde protections. Thune said Republicans want a vote to open the government first, and portrayed the Democratic reversal as evidence of political pressure and an unrealistic prior proposal.
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