Trump opposes including Obamacare subsidies in spending bill: Mulvaney

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Tue Apr 25, 2017 | 9:59pm EDT

Trump opposes including Obamacare subsidies in spending bill: Mulvaney

U.S. President Donald Trump will not agree to a Democratic demand that subsidies for Obamacare be included in a must-pass spending bill in Congress, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Tuesday.

Asked in an interview on CNN if Trump would back putting the Obamacare payments in the legislation to the keep the government open past Friday, Mulvaney said: "No."

He said the White House had offered to include the Obamacare subsidies if Democrats agreed to funding for a wall on the border with Mexico.

"We made it very clear early on that yeah, OK if you want to talk about those payments to the insurance companies, we'll trade you a dollar for dollar on bricks and mortar for the wall, but they said no to that and we agreed to put that off for another day ...," he said.

(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Sandra Maler)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-obamacare-idUSKBN17S05Z

[still_one]

1. Let em shut down government. Do not budge unless they provide the subsidies for the ACA.

[alwaysinflux]

2. I hate that guy

That's all I have to say

[msongs]

3. republicans control congress. all trump needs is repub votes. dems should just sit this out nt

[VigilantG]

4. Sorry but Mulvaney is a prick!

That is all!

[dchill]

5. I have just put a curse on Mick Mulvaney.

Every time he issues be of his mean missives, he will look more like the Grinch. Feel free to add your energy to this effort. It will cost you nothing, and it actually will make you feel much better!

[Doreen]

6. I will tell you what the saddest thing for me is.

It is the fact that I hate our administration more than I hate my father who abused me in just about every way a human can abuse another human. I never thought in my life that I could harbor this much hate. When there is a group of people who are constantly making me fear for my well being in every form and doing the same to my fellow humans I can not help but feeling hate. I know I shouldn't but I do not know how to describe what I am feeling other than hate. I did get over my hate for my father many years ago but if Dripping Piece Of Shit and his administration get their way they will have done more damage to everyone in this country than people like my father who had done bad things to us. I just am scared and confused for all of us.

[Ilsa]

7. I want to send you a

Big hug.
I hear you. I can't bring myself to say anything kind towards such disgusting, deplorable people. I hope the curse mentioned up-thread works.

[Doreen]

8. Thank you, hugs to you and everybody in this country who needs one.

We need a national "virtual hug day" where we send hugs to each other in hope to curb the hate we have developed from this administration.