President Trump will give remarks Thursday evening at the White House as he hosts the Congressional Ball. The event comes after the Senate struck down dueling GOP and Democratic health care plans that aimed to address rising insurance premiums exacerbated by expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Construction is also ongoing on Trump's $300...
Four Republican senators, including two vulnerable incumbents who are up for reelection next year, broke ranks Thursday and voted for a three-year extension of enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) all voted for the Democratic proposal,...
LIVE coverage: Senate votes on second health care proposal, defense funding A Republican-drafted proposal to set up health savings accounts for people who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed to advance on a largely party-line vote on Thursday, leaving Congress no closer to addressing the substantial rise in health care premiums...
The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America warned House lawmakers Wednesday it would negatively score those who sign a discharge petition to trigger a vote on legislation extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premiums tax credits, as it would include coverage for abortion services. The group made the announcement in a letter to lawmakers...
The Senate on Thursday will take up competing health care bills as Affordable Care Act subsidies, which took over headlines during the record-long government shutdown, are set to expire in weeks. GOP leaders are faced with a political dilemma: Either extend the subsidies and endorse ObamaCare, which Republicans have long opposed, or let the subsidies...
The Senate on Thursday failed to advance competing health care plans, as enhanced ObamaCare tax subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. Both proposals failed largely along party lines, with four Republicans voting for the Democratic proposal, which sought to extend the subsides for three more years. The GOP plan would...
Cracks are forming in the Democrats’ demands for extending ObamaCare subsidies. For weeks, House Democratic leaders have championed a “clean” three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, pressing centrist Republicans to sign their discharge petition to force the bill to the floor over the opposition of GOP leaders. Most rank-and-file Democrats have...
Moderate and vulnerable Republicans are attempting a long-shot revolt against their leaders in the House over health care. They are trying to force a vote to extend the enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that GOP leaders are declining to bring up — and that moderates warn will cost Republicans in the midterms. House Republican leaders said Wednesday...
House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is holding a press conference Wednesday morning in support of extending health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act as insurance premiums are set to rise in 2026. The upper chamber of Congress is expected to vote Thursday on a GOP proposal to replace the enhanced subsidies — which would include...