Byron York predicts Democrats will lose in government shutdown
The article features Washington examiner chief political correspondent Byron York’s prediction that the democratic Party will lose the ongoing government shutdown fight. York argues that historically, the side imposing conditions to keep the government running tends to lose in a shutdown, and currently, most Democrats are the side attaching such conditions. The conflict centers around Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, pushing to extend enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits-which expire at the end of the year-while Republicans oppose the move. The enhanced credits, originally increased during the Biden administration amid the pandemic, would cost the government $383 billion if made permanent but would prevent millions from losing health insurance. Additionally, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has warned of imminent, possibly permanent, federal worker layoffs during the shutdown, a move Democratic leaders call intimidation tactics. York believes Republicans will ultimately have the upper hand in this political standoff.
Byron York predicts Democratic Party will be the one that ‘loses in the government shutdown’
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York predicted that the Democratic Party will lose the shutdown fight because it clung to “conditions to keeping the government running.”
“If you look at shutdowns in the past, there were always two sides, which were one side that says, ‘This policy issue of ours is so important that we won’t let the government to continue to function until we address it,’ and then the other side says, ‘Hold on, let’s just keep the government running, pass a bill and then we can talk about your issue,’” York said Thursday on Fox and Friends.
“It’s the side that attaches conditions to keeping the government running that loses in the government shutdown, and that’s where Democrats, at least most Democrats, are right now,” York added.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is leading his coalition of all but three Democratic or Democratic-aligned senators to extend enhanced Obamacare tax credits that expire at the end of the year.
The premium tax credits initially drafted under Obamacare were enhanced under the Biden administration amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Congressional Budget Office report, permanently extending the enhanced credits would cost the government $383 billion. However, if they expire, the number of people without health insurance would rise by an average of 3.8 million annually by 2034.
“I think in the end, Republicans will have the upper hand,” York said.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has teased “imminent” mass federal layoffs that may be permanent rather than temporary furloughs during the shutdown. Vought privately told House Republicans on a call Wednesday that the reduction in force would occur this week.
THE SHUTDOWN FIGHT IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE EXPANSION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Democratic leadership described the possible permanent layoffs as “intimidation tactics” and has remained united through three Senate votes so far.
“Legally, the shutdown has given the administration the opportunity to do this,” York said.
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