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US Government shutdown countdown: 5 key factors driving the odds as deadline looms | Today News

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    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    60% Medium Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -44% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The central sticking point is the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are due to expire at year's end.
46% : Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged some GOP members are open to extending subsidies but insisted Democrats are "hijacking the American people" by tying it to government funding.
36% : Democrats are demanding an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at year's end, while President Donald Trump and Republicans insist on passing a "clean" funding bill without concessions.
36% : "We are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of everyday Americans," House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
13% : " Hours later, instead of signaling flexibility, Trump inflamed tensions by posting a doctored video mocking Schumer and Jeffries.
12% : "It's now in the president's hands," said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, warning that the shutdown is increasingly likely unless Trump changes course.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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