Senate leaders are closing in on a deal to reopen the government and extend the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, marking a major breakthrough in an impasse that has paralyzed Washington for the last two weeks, according to several sources familiar with the talks.
In a furious round of last-ditch negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were discussing a proposal to reopen the government until Jan. 15 and extend the national debt limit until Feb. 7. But major fiscal decisions would be punted for a later time.
Senate Republicans and Democrats are expected to meet Tuesday to discuss the proposal and a deal could be announced later that day.
Still, its prospects in the GOP-led House are far from certain.
Several people familiar with the matter expected that a deal could be announced Monday, though its prospects in the GOP-led House are far from certain.
The plan under consideration would require larger bicameral budget negotiations to conclude by Dec. 13, sources said. Republicans would win a provision to force Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, to certify that individuals receiving Obamacare subsidies meet the required income levels. The department’s inspector general would later have to conduct an audit on the matter.
Democrats would win a labor union priority to delay for one year an Obamacare reinsurance tax, which was supposed to be levied against most insurance plans to help spread the risk for insurers who take on the sickest patients next year. Delaying the fee — $63 per person covered by an insurance plan per year — could amount to a significant boon to unions. The GOP push to kill Obamacare’s medical device tax now appears to be off the table, sources said.
If sequestration were to continue in 2014, the proposal would give federal agencies more discretion to implement the across-the-board cuts.
this looks promising but nothing is certain yet
Senate leaders nearing a deal - POLITICO.com
again i don't know if this is the final deal, but at least progress is being made.
Ironic that the solution includes more HHS scrutiny about our lives.
this looks promising but nothing is certain yet
Senate leaders nearing a deal - POLITICO.com
again i don't know if this is the final deal, but at least progress is being made.
what i find interesting is why no one is coming to debate the contents of this thread. I guess the posters here enjoy stories about conflict more then stories about resolving conflict.
this looks promising but nothing is certain yet
Senate leaders nearing a deal - POLITICO.com
again i don't know if this is the final deal, but at least progress is being made.
Because, of course, the conflict has not yet been resolved...
Who would have thought that Reid and McConnell would ride to the rescue..
I don't like pulling for McConnell to win his Senate seat, but he's better to me than Cornyn and Thune, though I'd take Alexander..
Not to beat a dead horse, but IMHO Cantor has put Boehner in a no-win situation.
If there is two people in Washington that belong in the unemployment lines, as I have numerous times over and over again, it is Reid and McConnell. If I had my wish come true, Reid would have lost last year, if he did we probably would be here in shutdown mode and McConnell to lose next year. Cook has McConnell as a tossup, Sabato Lean GOP.
I also agree that Alexander would make an excellent Republican Leader in the Senate. Seeing all this happen, makes me long for the days of George Mitchell and Bob Dole when they were the leaders in the senate. If McConnell and Reid can work this out, I will give each a hand salute, but it won't change the fact that i think those two have more to do with Washington not working than any other person in Washington D.C.
even if Reid and McConnell can make the deal work in the senate, it would be up to the house to follow through after the senate did its part.
Dad would be proud the two Maine Senators are at the heart of this deal..Seeing all this happen, makes me long for the days of George Mitchell and Bob Dole when they were the leaders in the senate.
If McConnell and Reid can work this out, I will give each a hand salute, but it won't change the fact that i think those two have more to do with Washington not working than any other person in Washington D.C.
I know. It was the house that started this needless crap.
Dad would be proud the two Maine Senators are at the heart of this deal..
Better the two devils you know..Matthews probably has a tingling feeling over the Reid/McConnell near-agreement.
:Dad would be proud the two Maine Senators are at the heart of this deal..
Better the two devils you know..Matthews probably has a tingling feeling over the Reid/McConnell near-agreement.
Latest AR Senate poll: Pryor 42 Cotton 41. I don't think this is good news for Pryor, Cotton is a congressman and certainly doesn't have the name recognition of Pryor. Apparently the shutdown where the GOP is getting almost all the blame seems not to have help Pryor either. If nothing else this poll re-enforces my decision to have Arkansas a GOP pick up for my 1 Nov update. I am also leaning to keep MT a Dem Hold although I would be disagreeing with both Cook and Sabato.
Cotton would be up if he had not been honest that he would have bombed Syria, whether you like his position of not..Also, The two clintons factor cannot be discounted..Linc has this one a draw..Latest AR Senate poll: Pryor 42 Cotton 41. I don't think this is good news for Pryor, Cotton is a congressman and certainly doesn't have the name recognition of Pryor. Apparently the shutdown where the GOP is getting almost all the blame seems not to have help Pryor either.
I would like to call MT a draw but if I took my heart out of it, this one is still a lean R.I am also leaning to keep MT a Dem Hold although I would be disagreeing with both Cook and Sabato.
What did you expect it to do when the majority ran on platforms opposing spending and the ACA? Maybe if the President hadn't made so many unilateral changes to the law, there would have been more focus on the spending aspect...
what i find interesting is why no one is coming to debate the contents of this thread. I guess the posters here enjoy stories about conflict more then stories about resolving conflict.
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:agree: NIMBY, :2wave: I like your clever tag line! :thumbs:
Evening AP, what I expected was not to have the House try to defund the ACA attached as a rider to an already negotiated deal. I think I expected them, Republicans as a whole, to let the ACA kick in with its almost full force as it wouldn't be fully impletented due to the numerous presidential exemptions and extensions to let the people have a full year under it before next November 2014 election. Then use the ACA as a campaign tool to win back the senate.
The unintended consequence of this shutdown and the defunding rider is that it made the ACA more popular. Prior to this battle there was a 13-19 point gap between those who opposed the law and those in favor. The gap was on the oppose side. Now that gap is between 4-10 points. The majority of Americans still oppose it, but not as nearly as much before this battle took place.
Also instead of having the failure and all the problems HHS is having to get people registered and the other scandals like the IRS, NSA and Syria making the headlines, those have been all but forgot and the public attention is on the battle of the shutdown which the GOP is losing big time. My thoughts.
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