Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) accused House Democrats of living in a “dream world” after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ruled out a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies.

“Laying out demands like that, that are unrealistic and unserious, doesn’t help anybody. It doesn’t help their cause,” Thune told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

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