US government shutdown enters 7th day with layoffs imminent
發佈日期: 2025-10-07 19:48
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As the US government shutdown enters its seventh day, the White House says there are no shutdown-related layoffs yet but warns they could come.
US President Donald Trump cracked the door open slightly to negotiate with Democrats on the health care subsidies central to the shutdown fight. But on Monday he closed it leaving the two sides once again at an impasse.
US President Donald Trump said he would be open to striking a deal on Obamacare subsidies that are at the heart of the government shutdown fight. He noted billions of dollars are being wasted - a nod to conservatives who do not want the health subsidies extended.
US President Donald Trump said. "We are speaking with the Democrats and some very good things could happen with respect to heath care. If we made the right deal, I'd make a deal, sure. I mean, you have right now subsidies. You have subsidies. That's the problem with Obamacare. The subsidies are so much. It's billions and billions of dollars being wasted. And we can have a much better health care than we have right now. I think a lot of good things could happen, and that could also pertain to healthcare."
Trump was then asked if the shutdown could lead to government layoffs. "It could, at some point it will. And you know the Democrats are the ones that started this."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are ready to sit down to work things out with Trump after he said he was ready to strike a deal.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. "We will sit down with anyone at any time and at any place, either here at the Capitol or over at the White House, to reopen the government, to enact a bipartisan spending agreement that actually meets the needs of the American people, and to address the Republican healthcare crisis."
The Senate took another doomed pair of votes Monday on funding the federal government. Neither the Republican measure nor the Democratic proposal came close to gaining the 60 votes needed to advance.
This as Trump seemed to shift from his earlier comments about being open to a deal on health care with Democrats saying he will only discuss a potential deal extending health care tax credits once the Democrats support the GOP funding.
