Congress on Wednesday enters the eighth day of the federal shutdown with neither party giving an inch and the path to a resolution nowhere in sight.
But something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting pressure on one party — or both of them — to break the deadlock.
That's been the case in the protracted shutdowns of years past, when a number ...
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Greene defection highlights health care cracks in GOP shutdown unity
Shutdown jockeying over health care is intensifying, with Republicans showing some cracks in their unity and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) insisting Democrats will only agree to a permanent extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies.
President Trump and Republicans have sought to raise the pressure on Democrats to reopen the government by threatening mass firings of federal workers and withholding their back pay, but the GOP also is sending signals that Dem...
Greene doubles down on remarks about Affordable Care Act subsidies
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on recent remarks about Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies amid a government shutdown battle centered around health care.
“The issues of the subsidies are real. It's not something that anybody can say is made up,” Greene told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill. “Also, people with regular or private plans, their premiums are looking to go up a median of 18 percent, that's brutal. I know a lot of small business owners, lik...
Acting CDC director says to break up MMR shot
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3 big takeaways from The Hill’s Health Next Summit
The state of the country’s health care landscape is in flux, according to top health experts and lawmakers, as the federal government shutdown hinges on the battle over health care access and new priorities crystallize under the second Trump administration.
Health policy experts, key lawmakers and industry leaders spoke at The Hill’s “Health Next Summit” on Tuesday, laying out their view of where U.S. public health is headed — and the dangers and opportunities on the ...
White House says it will use tariff money to fund nutrition program amid shutdown
The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X that President Trump and the White House had identified the "creative solution" to shift tariff funds to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, which was set to run out of money in the comi...
GOP senator: ObamaCare messaging ‘very challenging,’ polls ‘asking the wrong questions’
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans "hostage" with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was "very challenging."
Speaking Tuesday at The Hill's "Health Next Summit," Marshall, a medical doctor, said he did not believe the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies passed during the COVID-19 pandemic were the "real issue" preventing Democrats from reaching a deal to end t...
White House raises shutdown pressure game, threatening no back pay for furloughed workers
The White House is wielding the new threat of no back pay for furloughed workers as a tactic to pressure Democrats to end the weeklong government shutdown.
The previous shutdown ended with legislation, known as the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, that required furloughed workers in future shutdowns be paid once the government is opened.
But that didn’t stop the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from issuing a draft memo this week raising t...
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s break from the GOP on the shutdown is significant
Marjorie Taylor Greene broke with her party on the shutdown and echoed Democrats' complaints about subsidies for Obamacare ending. That's bad news for Trump.
Schumer: ‘Greene is absolutely right’ on health care demands
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, as he doubled down on his opposition to funding the government without addressing the expiring tax credits.
In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Democratic leader read aloud from part of a social media post in which Greene said she’s “absolutely disgusted” that health insurance premiums could double if the ACA subsidies e...