Margot Sanger-Katz

But it has not been the biggest issue that was in the forefront of people's mind.

It was a little bit of a gamble.

You know, were they going to be able to get people to pay attention to this?

But they did.

And it.

didn't work from the perspective of getting legislation passed.

They shut down the government for a record period of time.

Ultimately, they decided to reopen the government without legislation to extend these subsidies.

Right.

Democrats basically lost that fight.

The one deal they got is that they were going to get to put up a vote on the Senate floor.

They did that.

Republicans didn't vote for it.

It didn't go anywhere.

So that was all they got was a kind of failed vote on this issue.

And then since then, a lot of Republican lawmakers, particularly moderate Republicans in the House, have been worried about what to do because they know that the loss of these subsidies is going to affect their constituents.

And I think they're worried about political consequences when the midterms roll around.

So there's been this kind of deal-making debate between some of these moderate Republicans and Democrats.

Could they form a compromise?

Could they pass something that would patch the subsidies and that other Republicans could sign on to?