Stacy Sanders, the health chief for Senate Finance Committee Democrats, joined the committee while Democrats were in the majority in fall 2024 but has quickly adjusted to being in the minority.
She said the day-to-day work dealing with the Trump administration’s "relentlessness” is a constant balancing act.
“Finding that balance between advancing our proactive agenda and appropriately reacting to and meeting the moment of this administration and this majority is a c...
Month: September 2025
Democrats want government funding stopgap to reverse nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts
Senate Democrats on Wednesday evening unveiled an ambitious proposal to fund the government past Sept. 30 that would restore the nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid made by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which could cause scores of rural and smaller hospitals around the country to close.
The 68-page proposal would also permanently extend the enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act that are due to expire at the end of the y...
As Shutdown Looms, Democrats Outline Demands on Medicaid and Obamacare
After rejecting a G.O.P.-written plan to keep federal funding flowing, Democrats released a counteroffer that would add more than $1 trillion in health spending.
Why Democrats are making Obamacare central to their shutdown strategy
Congressional Democrats have given GOP leaders an ultimatum on avoiding a government shutdown: extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits — or else.
Democrats say shutdown necessary to send ‘message’ to Trump
Democratic senators say that unless Republicans scrap their plan to advance a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution, they don’t see any option other than defeating it as a way to send a “message” to President Trump.
Doing so would almost certainly trigger a government shutdown, something Democrats avoided earlier this year but is increasingly looking inevitable this fall.
Democratic senators, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the looming shutdown has bee...
House Republicans advance funding stopgap, tee up vote this week
House Republicans on Wednesday advanced a funding stopgap to avert an end-of-month government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the continuing resolution (CR) later this week and setting up a showdown with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats.
The rule advancing the funding stopgap was approved in a party-line 216-210 vote, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) voting present.
The spending measure revealed Tuesday would fund the...
‘Hate speech’ firestorm swirls around Trump officials
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Government shutdown odds go up after party leaders exchange fire
The odds of a government shutdown are rising after Democratic leaders on Tuesday swiftly rejected a 91-page stopgap funding proposal unveiled by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and fellow House Republicans because it was put together with little Democratic input and doesn’t extend generous health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Democrats voted more than a dozen times to extend federal funding with short-term “clean” continuing resolutions when former Presid...
Former CDC leaders to blast Kennedy at hearing
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Republicans charge ahead with GOP funding bill, raising shutdown odds
House Republican leaders are charging ahead with a GOP plan to extend government funding, rejecting Democratic pleas for bipartisan talks and escalating the odds of a shutdown at the end of the month.
Behind Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), GOP leaders on Tuesday unveiled a short-term spending package, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to extend government funding largely at current levels through Nov. 21.
The package includes $30 million in new fund...