The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may soon come to an end after eight Democrats are poised to join their Republican colleagues in a deal that will abandon their party's key demand over healthcare coverage.

At the center of the impasse has been the Republican Party’s refusal to concede to a Democratic Party demand to extend federal subsidies for people buying healthcare on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.

These tax credits were added during the pandemic, extended by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, and are set to expire at the end of this year.

The Democratic Party had refused to pass President Donald Trump’s spending bill until they were extended, and Republicans dug in, spreading false claims about what Democrats were demanding ,

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