Unless Republicans act to extend tax credits for plans under the Affordable Care Act, average premiums for ACA marketplace plans will more than double.
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Republicans grapple with shutdown – and why more are blaming the GOP
Republicans are grappling with public polls showing the public places more blame on them, rather than the Democrats, for the shutdown, even as they argue they have the moral high ground in the shutdown fight.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans stress that they put no partisan poison pills in a GOP-crafted, House-passed stopgap to fund the government through Nov. 21. Democrats in the Senate have repeatedly blocked that bill as they demand that Republicans first neg...
Bill to fund SNAP in shutdown introduced in House
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) on Friday introduced a bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown threatens payments of the food aid in some states.
The Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 would keep the food aid program funded during the government lapse until the Department of Agriculture is funded through regular appropriations or stopgap measures.
The bill is the companion to a SNAP-funding bill in the Senate b...
Democrats can’t keep the Schumer shutdown going much longer
The government shutdown will end soon. How do I know? Because whatever political advantage Democrats had a few weeks ago by “standing strong!” and “confronting Trump!” is quickly evaporating. When the polls flip, so will the party that has lost its way.
Voters have a way of sniffing out the truth. They are beginning to understand that Democrats are rudderless, and are voting to keep the government closed out of confusion, not conviction.
House Mi...
Whole Hog Politics: Democrats have already won the shutdown, but it won’t be cheap
Two big data points in the headlines this week: 1) The average cost of a family health insurance plan will be $27,000 for coverage next year and 2) The federal debt grew faster than any time other than the pandemic and surpassed $38 trillion on Wednesday.
Both of these are objectively bad and both carry substantial political danger, but only one of them is likely to get much attention as the government shutdown sinks into its fourth week.
There are a lot of ways t...
Idaho a precursor in continuing ACA debacle
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Shutdown set to impact SNAP funding in many states
As the government shutdown persists, funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are at risk in states across the country.
SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, are funded by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The federal government shares the cost of administering the program with states, while states operate their own programs.
Funding is sent to states monthly, so October benefits were not impacted. However, as the go...
Ossoff, Warnock break with Democrats on bill to pay essential workers during shutdown
Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, and his home-state colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), voted Thursday for a Republican bill to pay essential federal workers, including members of the military, during the government shutdown.
Ossoff and Warnock joined Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in voting for the Republican bill. The measure failed to advance on a 54-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to move forward.
Ossoff’s and Warnoc...
Federal judge strikes Biden-era ban on transgender care discrimination
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a former President Biden-era rule that extended federal health antidiscrimination protections to transgender health care.
Judge Louis Guirola Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled in favor of a coalition of 15 GOP-led states that sued over the rule, which broadened sex discrimination by adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected characteristics in certain health pro...
Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks on Day 23 of government shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is speaking with reporters Thursday afternoon as the lapse in government funding persists.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked the latest vote to reopen the government, standing their ground on demands for an extension of health care subsidies to be included in any stopgap funding plan. The upper chamber also failed to advance legislation that would guarantee pay for members of the military and essential workers as the impass...