Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack (@heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.web.brid.gy)

October 29, 2025 Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House measure to fund the government without negotiating over the Democrats’ demand for the extension of the premium tax credit without which healthcare premiums will skyrocket. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-29-2025