Roy accused Democrats of manufacturing a budget fight to cover up a lack of accomplishments, as Congress inched closer to a potential government shutdown Tuesday night. “Brinkmanship is one of the ways that we try to get things done in Washington, depending on which side you’re on,” Roy said. “In this case, I think Democrats have walked themselves into a bit of a boxed canyon. “Yes, separate from the funding bill by Democrat votes only because Republicans didn’t have anything to do with it, they set up an extension of COVID-era subsidies,” Roy said. But those subsidies are going to be $40 billion going into the pockets of insurance companies every year, even after COVID.