Rep. Lyin’ Bryan Steil went on UpFront Sunday morning and spoke with Matt Smith. Steil started with the standard Republican lying points of blaming Democrats for the Republican government shut down. Smith then tried to pin down the double-talking Steil on the sticking point of the shut down – the Affordable Care Act. Steil’s responses wer
e very telling:
SMITH: Senator Thune this past week said that he would guarantee Democrats a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies if the government is reopened. You’re close to the Speaker. Is that guarantee there in the House as well?
STEIL: I think there is an absolute willingness to discuss the policy changes that are needed to make sure that we’re getting this country back on track. I don’t want to speak for the Speaker or the Senate Majority Leader, but I think all of us are open to making sure that once we have the government open and operational and passing this clean CR, that everyone will be forced to come to the table to finalize negotiations on fiscal year 26 appropriations and other policy priorities.
SMITH: There’s some 300,000 Wisconsinites using the Affordable Care Act. Would you vote to extend the subsidy stay for a year?
