This deal could avert a shutdown -- if Congress decides to take it

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If they squint, lawmakers can see the outlines of a bipartisan deal that could avoid a government shutdown later this year. But bringing an agreement into focus — and enacting it into law — will be no small task.

The general parameters floated by multiple factions in the House and Senate is to couple, by the end of the year, an extension of federal health insurance subsidies that are set to expire on Jan. 1 with government funding through September 2026.

But no one is willing to lock in that agreement yet, and getting there could take several more months of negotiations. There also are plenty of stumbling blocks that could keep it out of reach: GOP hard-liners oppose extending the subsidies. Democrats, meanwhile, aren’t yet aligned on what it would take to give President Donald Trump even a few more weeks of funding.

It’s all but guaranteed that Congress won’t be able to reach a broader deal this month, meaning even in the best-case scenario lawmakers will soon need to vote on a stopgap that would buy time to strike a larger deal. Looming over it all is Trump, who already wants to fund the government into next year — past the health insurance cliff. GOP leaders believe they will need him to unequivocally endorse any agreement to get it through Congress.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/deal-could-avert-shutdown-congress-084500823.html

[tritsofme]

1. People need to not freak out if Democrats support a CR that expires at or before 12/31

Coupling the ACA subsidies with funding is essential, and the timelines just don’t line up for 9/30.

Republicans will push for a CR that goes into the new year, avoiding that having this fight toward the end of the year is a victory for Democrats.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. The deal only helps republicans in the midterms

It delays the subsidy cuts to the ACA until after the midterms- why would Dems agree to such nonsense?