BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Senate Democrats would vote to reopen the government if Republicans agreed to a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—the first clear compromise offer from either side since the shutdown began.
Schumer said, “it’s clear we need to try something different,” while speaking on the Senate floor Friday, proposing the extension of the Obamacare tax credits, and the formation of a bipartisan committee to negotiate a long-term solution on the subsidies.
Schumer ended by saying “the ball is in the Republicans’ court, we need Republicans to just say ‘yes.’”
