Chuck Schumer

It's a clean funding extension.

There's still only one path out.

It's a clean funding extension.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a proposal to reopen the government with a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.

Those credits are set to expire at the end of the year and have been central to this government shutdown.

Most Democratic senators have been holding out on voting to fund the government until Republicans agree to extend those credits.

Schumer also proposed establishing a bipartisan committee to negotiate on long-term health care reforms.

Republicans want to address health care subsidies after the government reopens.

Any deal in the Senate would also have to pass the House, which remains out of town.

Barbara Sprint and Pure News, the Capitol.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a proposal to reopen the government with a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.

Those credits are set to expire at the end of the year and have been central to this government shutdown.

Most Democratic senators have been holding out on voting to fund the government until Republicans agree to extend those credits.

Schumer also proposed establishing a bipartisan committee to negotiate on long-term health care reforms.

Republicans want to address health care subsidies after the government reopens.

Any deal in the Senate would also have to pass the House, which remains out of town.

Barbara Sprint and Pure News, the Capitol.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says President Trump has a responsibility to meet with them before he leaves for Asia later this week.

Democrats have been arguing that Trump needs to get involved, but so far that hasn't happened.

At the White House Tuesday, Trump said he is willing to meet with top congressional Democrats, but he repeated Republican demands that the government must reopen first.