The longest shutdown in American history is over, but another one might be just around the bend. Democrats are fuming that the bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the government after 43 days did nothing to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies that stood as their key demand throughout the impasse. Now, with funding for large parts...
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Democrats pivot to affordability
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Democrats pivot to affordability After failing to win an extension of ObamaCare’s enhanced subsidies in the government shutdown, Democrats are taking aim at broader health care costs, hoping to use it as a line of attack against Republicans. © Photo...
House Republican asks Thune, Schumer to work on bipartisan ObamaCare subsidies extension bill
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Wednesday urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to work across party lines to secure an extension for ObamaCare premium subsidies. “As Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I write to you today to extend my hand of cooperation in our very...
Democrats introduce discharge petition to force vote on extension of ObamaCare subsidies
House Democratic leaders on Wednesday introduced a discharge petition designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies for another three years. Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democrats are hoping to entice a handful of moderate Republicans to endorse the petition, which will require 218 signatures to force a floor vote on...
Democrats introduce discharge petition to force vote on extension of ObamaCare subsidies
House Democratic leaders introduced a discharge petition Wednesday designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies for another three years. Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democrats are hoping to entice a handful of moderate Republicans to endorse the petition, which will require 218 signatures to force a floor vote on the...
Jeffries, Democrats will offer 3-year extension of ObamaCare subsidies
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday will propose a three-year extension of the soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies at the center of the shutdown fight. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the Democratic whip, will offer the legislation as an amendment to the Senate-passed spending agreement during a meeting of the Rules Committee...
What’s in the Senate deal to reopen government?
The deal struck between Senate Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government allows for federal paychecks and other funding components to resume with senators also set to hold a vote on health care tax credits.
On Monday, the Senate voted 60-40 to pass a bill to fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through Sept. 30 of next year — and the rest of government through Jan. 30.
The bill pa...
Jon Stewart rips Democrats who voted for shutdown deal: ‘I can’t f‑‑‑ing believe it’
Jon Stewart is shredding Democrats who voted to end the government shutdown, calling the move a "world-class collapse."
"They f‑‑‑ing caved on the shutdown," Stewart said Monday while hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
"Tonight's show will be brought to you by 'I can't f‑‑‑ing believe it,'" he cracked.
"Not even a full week removed from the best election night results they've had in years, seven Democratic senators and an independent voted with t...
Axelrod: Schumer ‘in bigger trouble now’
Democratic strategist David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will not retain his leadership post after next year’s midterm elections.
“I think he's been in trouble. I think he is in bigger trouble now,” Axelrod told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, when asked if Schumer is “in trouble here with the left flank of the party.”
“Senator Schumer has been there since 1982,” he continued. “My guess is that he won't be leader of the par...
Coming end of shutdown tees up health care test for Republicans
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