The Democrats have announced their table stakes with respect to a possible government shutdown. Work with us to extend Obamacare tax credits , they’ve told Republicans, or you won’t get our votes, and the government will be shuttered by the October 1 deadline. The second good thing is that there’s substantive merit to the position. The tax credits were extended on a temporary basis by Joe Biden and the Democrats in 2021. They’re due to expire. Their expiration would mean that more than 20