Newsom Condemns senate Shutdown Deal as a ‘Surrender’ on healthcare
WASHINGTON – California Governor Gavin Newsom sharply criticized a bipartisan agreement reached in the Senate to avert a government shutdown, calling it a “pathetic surrender” for failing to secure an extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The deal, reportedly led by Senators Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen, and Maggie Hassan, alongside GOP senators, has also drawn opposition from House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and sparked concerns among progressive Democrats.
For more than a month, Democrats had insisted on including an extension of the ACA subsidies in any funding bill, warning that over 20 million Americans face possibly soaring health care premiums if the current tax credits expire at the end of 2025.
“A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees - is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for,” Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) posted on Twitter November 10, 2025. “I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn’t lower working families’ health care costs.”
Jeffries announced his opposition to the deal, stating, “We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits. We will fight the GOP bill in the House of Representatives, where [Speaker] Mike Johnson will be compelled to end the seven week Republican taxpayer-funded vacation.”
The agreement comes as former President Donald Trump, who recently urged Republicans to maintain the shutdown and end the filibuster, indicated a potential resolution. “It looks like we’re getting close to the shutdown ending. You’ll know very soon,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening.
Though, the deal includes a provision that reverses a key trump management policy, ensuring the rehiring and backpay for federal employees fired during the shutdown. Politico reported that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought had previously sought to lay off as manny as 10,000 federal workers.
The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment.
