"The other leg of the deal calls for the establishment of a bipartisan committee to continue negotiations on long-term reforms to address the issue of health-care affordability.

"Therefore, we'd like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously ... and then have the opportunity to start negotiating longer-term solutions to health care costs," Schumer said."

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WHAT? That's crazy talk!

Finding a solution to the problem BEFORE you put millions of people out of Healthcare?

Just plain nuts!

WASHINGTON (AP) " Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a "nonstarter" as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.