Thune says Republicans open to conversations about Obamacare - but not tied to stopgap funding bill

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a stopgap government funding bill.

“This is a program that needs reform, but I think everybody is willing to sit down and talk about how to make that happen in a context where it should be discussed, not as a hostage to keep the government open,” Thune told CNN’s Dana Bash on “Inside Politics,” adding: “This is not the time, the place to do this.”

The Republican leader’s comments come as an end-of-month funding deadline looms over Washington. And with party leaders publicly at odds in recent days, the risk of a government shutdown is growing ever more serious.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/thune-says-republicans-open-conversations-182146425.html

[droidamus2]

1. Dont trust him

There is no way I would Thune and the rest of the republicans to honor this idea. Sure they are willing to talk about but they don't want to actually do anything. He just wants the democrats to give up the leverage they have by tying it to the budget negotiations.

[AltairIV]

2. Maybe

Start negotiations only after Bondi, RFKj jr, Miller, his drunk secretary of defense, Noem are fired and the bbb is rescinded. Then maybe we can talk.

[lostincalifornia]

3. Thune is a lying POS. He has consistently said that he would NEVER agree to bring back the subsidies

to the ACA, and now we are supposed to believe that he is open to discussions on it, but not tied to the stopgap bill.

If anything should have been learned from the last 8 years, republicans CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

They either agree to restore the subsidies, or the government shuts down, until the midterms if necessary.

F**K these pathological liars who pledge their allegiance to the sociopath in the WH, and not the Constitution, or basic humanity.