WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she doesn’t think Senate Democrats will budge from their position on extending health care subsidies even after an important Nov. 1 deadline passes.

Capito on Thursday said she’s not hopeful that a change in the calendar will produce a change in the situation.

“Nov. 1 is the date insurance premiums are set to be announced, and there is speculation that would be the date the Democrats would then come to their senses, in my view, and vote to open the government,” she said. “But I don’t hold much hope on that either.”

Democrats have staked their position on extending subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire at the end of the year — an issue Republicans say they will negotiate on, but only after the government is reo

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