John Thune: “Yesterday, we finally heard Democrats entertain the notion of reopening the government. It only took them 38 days. Why?…”

“Yesterday, we finally heard Democrats entertain the notion of reopening the government. It only took them 38 days. Why? In the days before, progressives were urging Democrats to prolong the shutdown in perpetuity. One House Democrat said: There would be hell to pay if Senate Democrats don't let events play out. And so I am glad to see Democrats, after 38 days, back down from the maximalist and, frankly, insane position they have held since September. The Democrat leader's proposal is a nonstarter for the Republican majority. The Democrat leader wants to believe that this is a 'simple' proposal; that it is some sort of compromise, but it is not. He is talking about throwing tens of billions more taxpayer dollars at a program that even Democrats admit has failed to lower healthcare costs. The American people are tired of Washington taking their hard-earned money and spending it on costly government programs that fail to follow through on their promises. Of course, that is what Democrats have been doing for years with ObamaCare. They passed ObamaCare 15 years ago without a single Republican vote, and in that time, Democrats' signature healthcare law has failed to do what Democrats promised: If you like your health insurance, you can keep it--not true. If you like your doctor, you can keep him or her--not true. Premium costs will go down--not true. Actually, the opposite is true. They keep going up. ObamaCare drove premium prices higher.”