Senate Republicans voted down a Democratic proposal Friday to fund the government for one month and permanently extend health care premium subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year.
The Democrats’ proposal, unveiled Wednesday by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), would have restored nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending cuts and provided nearly $200 million to beef up security protection for members of Congress.<...
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House Republicans pass stopgap spending bill, set up shutdown fight with Senate
House Republicans on Friday approved a short-term government spending package to avert a shutdown at month’s end, sending the bill to the Senate and setting up a clash with upper chamber Democrats vowing to sink the measure.
The legislation was crafted by Republicans, without Democratic input, and that dynamic was reflected in the lopsided 217-212 vote, which fell largely along partisan lines.
Two Republicans opposed the legislation, to protest deficit spending ...
Watch: House Democrats give remarks ahead of CR vote as shutdown deadline looms
House Democrats gave remarks on Friday morning as the lower chamber prepares to vote on a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the month.
The continuing resolution (CR) bill, unveiled by Republicans on Tuesday, would keep the government funded until Nov. 21. GOP leaders who crafted the legislation aim to set up a repeat of their strategy from March: Cut Democrats out of the talks, dare Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to force a governme...
Live updates: Senate rejects dueling funding bills as shutdown looms
The Senate on Friday threw a wrench in the GOP's plans to avert a shutdown, blocking a House-passed stopgap measure that would fund the government through Nov. 21.
Republicans also defeated an alternative proposal that would have moved the deadline to Oct. 31.
Democrats vowed to vote against the funding bill, demanding restoration of Medicaid support and action to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are set to expire at the end of the year.
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House to vote on CR in race to avoid government shutdown
The first partisan showdown over an end-of-month government funding deadline is set to take place on the House floor on Friday, with a vote on a stopgap to fund the government through Nov. 21.
Republican leaders who crafted the partisan bill aim to set up a repeat of their funding strategy from March: Cut Democrats out of the talks, dare Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to force a government shutdown — and hope he will fold as he did before.
House GOP...
Democrats see health care as the reason they’ll avoid shutdown blame
Democratic lawmakers, who have struggled to put together a winning political message against President Trump, are feeling confident they have an upper hand ahead of a looming government shutdown because they think they have an advantage over the GOP on health care.
The confidence is reflected in the fact that Senate Democratic leaders aren’t budging from their position that they won’t vote for a clean seven-week continuing resolution to fund the government past Sept. 30 if ...
Senate set to consider pair of spending bills with shutdown looming
The Senate is expected to vote on a pair of stopgap spending packages on Friday as lawmakers seek a way to avert a government shutdown ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline.
Early in the day, the House is set to vote and potentially pass the GOP’s seven-week “clean” continuing resolution, sending it over to the upper chamber in the process.
That would set the stage for the twin votes, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announcing the plan late on Thursda...
House GOP plots spending plan
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House GOP plan would jam Senate Democrats with funding stopgap
House Republican leaders are telling members that the chamber may not return until after Oct. 1 after passing a short term funding stopgap, a House GOP leadership source told The Hill, in a move that could jam Senate Democrats ahead of the end-of-month government funding deadline.
The plan hinges on the GOP-crafted continuing resolution (CR), which funds the government until Nov. 21, passing through the slim GOP majority in the lower chamber Friday despite opposition ...