Democrats make a new offer to end shutdown
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Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer offered a new plan to Republican lawmakers that would allow the U.S. government to reopen from a shutdown that began Oct. 1. The deal hinges on protecting enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for at least one year in exchange for Democrats dropping their demand that a long-term extension of ACA tax credits be included in a stopgap government funding bill.
Talks of a potential bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown are emerging among some senators, though the path forward remains unclear.