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Republicans release stopgap government funding plan

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House Republicans on Tuesday released text for a stopgap bill that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21 and boosts security funding for public officials.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House plans to vote “by Friday” on the measure, saying it “will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we continue all this work” on regular appropriations bills.

In addition to extending funding, it meets the Trump administration’s...

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Thune: Expiring ACA subsidies will be ‘addressed’ but not on stopgap funding  

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Tuesday that Republican leaders are open to addressing the expiration of health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, but that those talks will happen later this year.

He argued that the Sept. 30 short-term government funding measure needs to be kept “clean” of controversial policy riders.

Thune acknowledged that there’s growing support among Republicans in both the Senate and House to preve...

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Watch live: Senate Democrats hold press conference on extending ObamaCare subsidies

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Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday morning will hold a news conference as the clock ticks for lawmakers to extend premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

Democrats in both chambers of Congress have pushed their Republican counterparts to extend the enhanced tax credits before they get on board with any bill to avert a government shutdown. Lawmakers have extended the subsidies, which were passed during the COVID-19 pandemic, twice already.

The deadline t...

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Watch live: House Democrats give remarks amid shutdown battle

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House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning, with just two weeks left for lawmakers to avert a government shutdown.

Republican lawmakers are pushing for a mostly "clean" stopgap funding bill to keep the lights on until Nov. 20, without major concessions on health care that Democrats in both chambers have demanded to gain their support.

A deadline to extend premium subsidies in the Affordable Care Act has collided with the shutdown fight. Without ac...

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Watch live: House Democrats give remarks amid shutdown battle

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House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning, with just two weeks left for lawmakers to avert a government shutdown.

Republican lawmakers are pushing for a mostly "clean" stopgap funding bill to keep the lights on until Nov. 20, without major concessions on health care that Democrats in both chambers have demanded to gain their support.

A deadline to extend premium subsidies in the Affordable Care Act has collided with the shutdown fight. Without ac...

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Congress’s shutdown showdown intensifies ahead of deadline 

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Both sides of the aisle are digging in their heels despite dwindling time to strike a deal to avert a government shutdown.

House Republicans are aiming to unveil a mostly “clean,” short-term funding patch to keep the government open come Oct. 1 — but without major concessions on health care that Democrats in both chambers are demanding be part of a stopgap measure.

Pressed on the matter on Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters, “that’s a December pol...

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ACA tax credits at center of shutdown fight 

Democrats, health care, News, obamacare, Republicans
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