Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) said Thursday that members of Congress are putting too much energy into apportioning blame. ongoing government shutdown Instead of ending it.
“All the energy is going into blaming one side or the other when it should be going into trying to reach a solution that will get us out of this impasse,” Kiley said. told NewsNation’s Blake Berman on “The Hill.” NewsNation is a subsidiary of The Hill.
The shutdown that began on October 1 is the fourth longest us history,
Home pass What Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called a “clean” and “non-partisan” continuing resolution (CR) on September 19. The GOP-backed proposal would fund the government through Nov. 21.
On the other hand, Democrats want the CR to include a permanent extension of subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which expire at the end of this year. If subsidies end, premiums for enrollees in ACA marketplaces would more than double on average, According To the health policy research group KFF.
Kelly, who said he is “extremely concerned” about the impending increase in premiums, expressed support for “temporary relief” for those who will be affected. According to KFF, there are more than 24 million Americans Enrolled In ACA markets, 92 percent Of which received ACA subsidies this year.
“Ultimately, we need to address the rising costs of health care in this country,” Kiely said. “But if we can explore [a temporary extension] “As a way out of the shutdown, I don’t see why we shouldn’t do that.”
Both sides have pointed fingers at each other, but According to a survey Nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed, released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, Said Republicans, Democrats, and President Trump are either moderately or largely to blame for the shutdown.
The majority of respondents in the survey, 54 percent, said they think the shutdown is a major problem, while 35 percent believe it is a minor problem and 11 percent believe it is not a problem at all.
“For most Americans, they’re probably like, ‘Well, this is par for the course,’ in the sense that Congress is broken, and this is another example of that,” Kiley said.
