Washington is four days away from running out of money to fund the government and once again, Congress is no closer to a deal to keep the lights on.
If this all feels familiar, that's because it is.
The government runs out of money at the end of September to mark the end of the fiscal year and usually, there is a protracted government funding fight until in the final hours of September 30, Congress reaches an agreement to pass a short-term stopgap spending bill.
This is not the case so far. Congress has been out of session since last week, after the House passed a continuing resolution with no input from Democrats, which Democrats opposed in the House. Democrats have hoped that they could use a continuing resolution as leverage to extend expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace initially put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.
But this has not been the case. At the last minute on Tuesday, President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a rage.
Now, Trump is hoping to lay the blame on a government shutdown at the feet of the Democrats. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is hoping for the same.
This will not matter at all. Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House. They determine which legislation goes to the floor for a vote and when. They could at any moment, begin negotiations with the Democrats instead of forcing them to eat it.
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