Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Senate Democrats for striking a deal to begin the process of reopening the government, warning of the consequences of not extending health care subsidies.
“Tonight was a very bad night,” Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a post Sunday night on the social platform X, attaching a video in which he castigated eight Senate Democrats for voting yes on the continuing resolution.
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Jeffries opposes Senate moves to end shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday vowed to oppose a new Senate deal in the works to end the nearly six-week government shutdown.
In a statement, the Democratic leader dug his heels in on his party’s position that any legislation to reopen the government must include an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of the year, raising premiums for millions of Americans.
“House Democrats have co...
Bessent says no formal ACA plan proposed despite Trump’s social media posts
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he’s seen no formal proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA) despite President Trump’s latest call to nix the program and to direct the funds, instead, into the pockets of the American people.
“We don't have a formal proposal,” Bessent said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, when asked about Trump’s recent remarks.
Trump on Saturday appeared to wade into the ongoing s...
House Republican: ‘We’re going to get killed’ in midterms
Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs.
“We need to deal with [health care] now because, number one, it’s the right thing to do, just morally,” Van Drew said Friday on Fox Business’s “Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.” “Number two, we’re going to get killed [in 2026].”
As the record-breaking government shutdown continues, open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (...
Trump rips Democrats, ‘BIG, BAD’ health insurance companies amid shutdown stalemate
President Trump on Saturday took a swipe at Democrats and health insurance companies as lawmakers struggle to find consensus on a bill to reopen the government.
Trump, weighing in on the debate around high health care premiums as Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits are poised to expire soon, suggested that funds be diverted from insurance companies and paid directly to consumers.
“I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars ...
Trump admin brings international drug pricing to Medicaid
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Johnson refuses to promise House vote on extending ObamaCare subsidies
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday he would not offer Democrats a House vote on extending expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies as part of a deal to end the government shutdown.
Asked at a press conference if he could assure Democrats in the House that they would get a vote on extending the subsidies, Johnson said, “No, because we did our job, and I’m not part of the negotiation.”
“I'm not promising anybody anything. I'm going to let this process...
What the elections results mean for ObamaCare tax credits
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SNAP hangs on by a thread
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Moderate House Dems, GOP release ‘principles’ for ObamaCare subsidy extension
A quartet of bipartisan House lawmakers on Monday proposed a framework to temporarily extend ObamaCare’s enhanced tax credits that includes a sunset period and an income cap for high earners.
The “statement of principles” from centrist Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) represents the only public proposal from either side to address the subsidies since the government shut down more than a month ago.
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