Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has offered Republicans a “compromise” to end the government shutdown.

In a floor speech Friday, Schumer floated a “clean, one-year extension” of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to be appended to a stopgap funding bill.

“After so many failed votes, it’s clear we need to try something different,” he noted. “What the Senate is doing isn’t working for either party — and isn’t working for the American people.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has offered a “compromise” to end the ongoing government shutdown. AFP via Getty Images

“Democrats would like to see an end to the shutdown — and we want to respect Leader Thune’s desire not to negotiate on ACA until after the government reopens,” he said, flanked by members of the Senate Democrati

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