{"id":1056414,"date":"2025-10-06T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056414"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:34:12","slug":"day-six-of-trumps-shutdown-donald-trump-and-republicans-are-on-vacation-while-working-families-brace-for-massive-health-care-premium-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-six-of-trumps-shutdown-donald-trump-and-republicans-are-on-vacation-while-working-families-brace-for-massive-health-care-premium-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Six of Trump\u2019s Shutdown: Donald Trump and Republicans Are on Vacation While Working Families Brace for Massive Health Care Premium Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s been nearly a week since Donald Trump\u2019s government shutdown began, and over two weeks since the House has voted on a single bill to reopen the government, while working families brace for skyrocketing health care costs. And what is Speaker Mike Johnson doing? He sent Republicans home \u2014 again \u2014 saying<\/a> that he \u201cquite literally [has] nothing to negotiate\u201d \u2014 seemingly forgetting that he is the Speaker of the House and it\u2019s his job to bring something to the negotiating table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats are waiting for Republicans to join them in lowering costs, protecting health care and reopening the government. But time and again, Trump and Republicans have shot down Democrats\u2019 common-sense plan \u2014 choosing instead to protect their wealthy donors while working families pay the price of Trump\u2019s disastrous economy and devastating health care cuts. And now, Trump and Republicans are refusing to even show up for work \u2014 playing hooky instead of preventing health care costs from skyrocketing for 22 million Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump and Republicans are responsible for shutting down the government amid soaring costs and disappearing jobs \u2014 and what are they doing about it? Trump went golfing this weekend while Mike Johnson sent Republicans home on vacation \u2014 again. Working families, small businesses, and farmers are being crushed under the weight of Trump\u2019s disastrous economy, and now millions of Americans are bracing for Trump\u2019s massive cuts to health care. Trump owns this shutdown, and it\u2019s past time that Republicans get back to doing their jobs and work with Democrats to lower costs, protect health care, and reopen the government.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Trump and Republicans skip town, 22 million Americans<\/a> are at risk of seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket by an average of 114% \u2014 in addition to the more than 15 million Americans who will lose health care because of Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget bill. Trump has no problem spending taxpayer dollars when it helps himself and his wealthy donors, but refuses to do so when it means helping working families \u2014 in fact, estimates show<\/a> that Trump\u2019s billionaire tax cuts<\/a> cost more than 10 times as much as it would to permanently extend ACA tax credits that lower health care costs for millions of Americans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been nearly a week since Donald Trump\u2019s government shutdown began, and over two weeks since the House has voted on a single bill to reopen the government, while working families brace for skyrocketing health care costs. And what is Speaker Mike Johnson doing? 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