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Federal Government Reopens; Filibuster Reform Uncertain
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After six weeks, the Schumer Shutdown, the longest federal government shutdown in history, is finally over. Last week, a handful of Senate Democrats finally agreed to a proposal that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) had offered in early October. As part of the deal that extends the deadline for the Continuing Resolution until the end of January, three appropriations bills (Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and the Legislative Branch) will be approved, 4,000 federal employees who were furloughed will be reinstated, and the Senate has committed to hold a vote on a Democrat plan to extend the Obamacare COVID subsidies before January. Currently, the Republicans seem to have the votes to stop the Obamacare subsidies, but we must keep the pressure on Congress to not fund the failed Obamacare system. All in all, Republicans remained united during the shutdown and did not give in to leftist demands to increase federal spending, reinstate benefits for illegals, or extend the COVID subsidies.
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