US EditionOcasio-Cortez on Shutdown: ‘They Want Us to Blink First’
The shutdown furloughed 750,000 federal workers amid a standoff over healthcare subsidies, with Democrats demanding ACA restorations and Republicans pushing spending cuts.
- On Wednesday, the United States entered its first government shutdown since 2018 after funding lapsed at midnight, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of policies risking children's lives.
- The standoff centers on disagreements over healthcare subsidies, with Democrats demanding restoration of Affordable Care Act subsidies while Senate Minority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson refuse concessions and the 100-member Senate lacks 60 votes to pass measures.
- Polling released Tuesday from Our Revolution showed the Democratic base wants leaders to fight healthcare funding cuts as 24 million Americans face premium hikes of up to 114 percent by November 1.
- Roughly 750,000 federal workers are now furloughed or working without pay, and essential workers such as the military may begin missing paychecks by next week amid White House threats of mass firings.
- Against a backdrop of President Donald Trump's hard-right agenda, critics say the dispute reflects a broader push to weaken agencies and cut healthcare, with Public Citizen framing it as part of the MAGA agenda.
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Bernie Sanders And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blast GOP's Dirty Trick Budget Plan As Government Shuts Down: 'We're Not Going To Let That Happen'
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Republicans over the government shutdown, warning that the GOP's budget plan could double health insurance premiums, cut Medicaid, and lead to tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year.
AOC Is Absolutely Roasting Trump And Other Republicans For Their Government Plan That's Already "Backfiring"
"They are underwater across the board, and they know it," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a rallying cry for Democrats ahead of an expected government shutdown.View Entire Post ›
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US senators struggle for off-ramp as shutdown kicks in
The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.
Ocasio-Cortez on shutdown: ‘They want us to blink first’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on Democrats to not fold on their health insurance demands before true negotiations begin to reopen the government. “They want us to blink first, and we have too much to save. Protecting people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts,” Ocasio-Cortez said in…
'This Moment Is a Test,' Says Ocasio-Cortez as Government Shutdown Begins
"What I'm not going to do is tolerate 4 million uninsured Americans because Donald Trump decided one day that he just wants to make sure that kids are dying because they don't have access to insurance," said the New York Democrat. "That's what's not gonna happen."
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