Thune meets with GOP senators on post-shutdown path

Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible paths forward on health care once the government reopens.

The group met to talk about ideas including what to do about soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies — the centerpiece of Democrats’ demands amid the three-week shutdown — according to three people granted anonymity to describe the meeting.

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) were among the senators who gathered in Thune’s office.

Barrasso, asked if they talked about the…

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