Democrats are offering to vote to reopen the government in exchange for a one year extension to the healthcare tax credits.

This makes sense... Now it's in the Republicans court again. #TrumpShutdown

@LilHulkQ It's not because Democrats keep voting against opening the court, so to speak.

Republicans keep asking if we want to move forward with the legislative process, and Democrats keep voting against moving forward.

It can't be in the Republicans Court so long as Democrats won't let them play.

@volkris the GOP controlled Senate could use the nuclear option to open the government. They makes it clear they want the shutdown, not solutions.

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@LilHulkQ No it just makes it clear that they would prefer not to take something called the nuclear option, and it has a name like that for a reason...

Seriously, when something is reasonably called a nuclear option, we shouldn't be so quick to say, well why don't they pull the trigger on that?!

Democrats are voting against the legislative process under the current rules. Yes, it is possible to pull the nuclear option and change the rules, to flip the table, but that's not exactly something we should be proud of encouraging...

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