>>82963063
Subsidies are ending this year which would increase costs, but that's a separate issue. Congress can pass a bill allocating funds any time, and they could pass a CR to keep the government funded as is while they bargain that out. Holding that hostage over $1.5 Trillion in new spending is totally unreasonable.
>>82963071
The house has a very narrow Republican majority, and there is a small group of Republicans who always vote no on CRs out of principle, so they don't really count.
Shutting down the government shouldn't be a bargaining chip, especially over more than a trillion of new spending.