"The federal government shut down at midnight Wednesday, the third such lapse under President Donald Trump, plunging the country into familiar uncertainty. For LGBTQ+ lawmakers, the standoff is not only evidence of dysfunction but also a direct threat to health care access, equality, and the stability of families nationwide. The deadlock stems from irreconcilable demands over health care and funding authority."
"Republicans rejected those terms and pressed forward with their own continuing resolution, which excluded the subsidies while maintaining funding at the current level. With neither side willing to budge to reach the 60-vote threshold required to keep the government open, both Democratic and Republican stopgap bills failed in the Senate late Tuesday, triggering the shutdown just after midnight. Gay Democratic California U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, who chairs the Congressional Equality Caucus, said the crisis exemplifies what he called the Republican Party's inability to govern responsibly."
The federal government shut down at midnight Wednesday, marking the third lapse under President Donald Trump and creating widespread uncertainty. The impasse resulted from Democrats demanding extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies and limits on presidential rescission powers, while Republicans advanced a continuing resolution that excluded those subsidies. Neither party could secure the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, causing both stopgap bills to fail and the shutdown to begin. LGBTQ+ lawmakers view the shutdown as a direct threat to health care access, equality, and family stability amid full Republican control of the House, Senate, White House, and a conservative Supreme Court.
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