Shutdown Showdown: Trump, Schumer & The ACA Tax Credit Soap Opera
As the government's money clock ticks ominously toward shutdown o'clock, Donald Trump has threatened a Monday 'pow-wow' with top congressional leaders after ghosting them last week like a bad Tinder date. Senate Majority Leader John Thune blames Democrats for the looming blackout, accusing them of 'hijacking' and being too scared of their own baseâlike a reality show villain whoâs afraid of fan mail. Chuck Schumer snapped back, focusing on the 'horrible health care crisis' tied to the Affordable Care Act's tax credits expiring end of year, a backstage drama potentially billing taxpayers for a $7.7 billion medical hangover in unpaid hospital bills. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson sounds like a campaign manager blaming Democrats for free health care for illegal aliens, which even federal rules say doesnât exist. Hakeem Jeffries is wading into Trumpâs cage match, searching for 'bipartisan common ground' while warning a historic five-week 2018 shutdown is waiting in the wings if no dealâs made. Basically, itâs Washingtonâs version of herding cats wearing broken GPS trackersâand the stakes are your health coverage.
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Congress is hosting its annual game of 'Who Blinks First?' as Trump preps for a meeting that sounds like less 'bipartisan negotiation' and more 'Saturday Night Live improv disaster.' Meanwhile, America's health care waits for a plot twist that won't come.
Watching GOP and Dems argue over ACA tax credits is like watching toddlers fight over the last cookie, only the cookie is your health insurance and everyone's already hangry.
Trump canceling meetings but now staging one for optics is peak political theater: 'Iâll talk to you â just not when it matters.'
Source: Axios | Published: 9/28/2025 | Author: Avery Lotz
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