Democrats worry about stumbling into shutdown

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Democrats fear falling into GOP trap on government shutdown

Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are taking a hard line on the government funding package that needs to pass by Sept. 30.

Democrats broadly agree the looming expiration of enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — combined with deep cuts to Medicaid that Republicans enacted through the One Big Be...

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The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, housed within the Department of Health and Human Services, is aimed at helping health care organizations and providers to deliver safe, high quality and equitable health care. 

Despite this vital mission ...

Schumer, Jeffries demand major health care concessions to keep government funded

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and other high-ranking Democrats say that any government funding package to keep federal departments operating past Sept. 30 must include major concessions from Republicans to repair what they say is fast becoming a national health care crisis.  

“House and Senate, Hakeem and I are in total agreement, what the Republicans are proposing is not good enough for the American people and...

Democrats dig in against GOP budget strategy, heightening odds of shutdown

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on GOP leaders over federal funding, drawing firmer red lines against the Republicans’ budget plans and elevating the chances of a government shutdown at the end of the month.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday warned that House Democrats are likely to reject a Republican funding package that keeps spending largely at current levels, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is forecasting.

And across the Capito...

GOP under pressure to extend Obamacare tax credits

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Schumer warns GOP government funding proposals don’t have the votes to pass

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) sent an explicit warning to Republican leaders Wednesday that the proposals they are considering to fund the government and avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1 do not have enough Democratic votes to pass the Senate.

“What the Republicans have proposed is not good enough to meet the needs of the American people and not good enough to get our votes,” Schumer told a group of reporters just off the Senate floor.

“Democrats have alw...

Jeffries suggests ‘clean’ CR is nonstarter for Dems

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) strongly suggested Wednesday that Democrats would oppose an extension of current government funding levels if Republicans go that route to avoid a shutdown. 

Jeffries and House Democrats were fervently opposed to a Republican-only funding bill in March, warning it would undermine federal programs at the expense of low-income people. 

With that in mind, Jeffries said merely extending those same levels of funding, as a con...