Beginning Saturday, Americans will be able to log in to the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange and choose their insurance plans for next year.
Nov. 1 has been a key date in the shutdown fight, as Democrats have long argued that if the enhanced federal subsidies aren't renewed by that point, the impact on consumers will be dramatic. Millions of people will see major price hikes on their plans.
The ACA's window-shopping period started Wednesday, revealing th...
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The Memo: Trump rides wave of optimism about potential China deal
Optimism is rising that President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping might be able to de-escalate recent tensions when they meet in South Korea on Thursday.
The positive sentiment lifted U.S. financial markets on Monday and sparked confident vibes from Trump himself, who said about the forthcoming meeting, “I really feel good."
The problem, of course, is that any unexpected snag or contretemps would confound those hopes and have a correspondingly negative effe...
GOP, Democrats face rising pressure on multiple fronts to end shutdown
Pressure is building on Democratic and Republican leaders to end the 28-day shutdown after the nation’s largest federal workers union called for an end to the stalemate as rank-and-rile GOP lawmakers sound the alarm over rising health insurance premiums.
The blunt message from Everett Kelley, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, is one of the biggest developments in the monthlong standoff.
It appeared to be aimed squarely ...
Republicans not on the same page about future health care plans
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Democrats are entirely to blame for the coming food stamp cuts
It’s the great falsehood heard ‘round the world: President Trump and Republicans in Congress are about to ruin Thanksgiving!
Breathless media stories to that effect have multiplied in recent days. Last week, the Trump administration warned states that because of the shutdown, it will run out of funding for food stamps in early November. At that point, states will have to limit these welfare payments, or even end them altogether — something states like Pennsyl...
Jared Golden says Democrats ‘lying’ about shutdown strategy
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) says Democrats are "lying" about their shutdown strategy as the impasse over funding the government nears the one-month mark.
Golden, who was the only Democrat to vote for a Republican-backed spending measure to fund the government last month, told The Wall Street Journal that Democrats shouldn’t use the shutdown as leverage to advance their health care demands.
Democrats have been urging Republicans to extend the enhance...
Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is working with the chairs of three House committees to compile a Republican health care plan as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark and Democrats demand action on expiring ObamaCare subsidies.
“Republicans have been working on a fix for health care, we've been doing this for years,” Johnson said in a press conference on Monday when asked about the coming “health care cliff....
Live updates: SNAP fears add to shutdown pressures for lawmakers
Funding for food stamps has moved to the center of the shutdown fight as strains deepen across the country.
More than 40 million low-income food stamp beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at all — as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled on Monda...
Largest government union calls for clean CR to end shutdown
The largest union representing federal workers is calling for an end to the government shutdown, as it hits Day 27.
In a Monday release, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley said “it’s time” for Congress to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government.
“No half measures, and no gamesmanship,” Kelley said. “Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today.”
Where things stand a year out from midterms
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In today's issue:
▪ Taking stock of the midterms
▪ Trump gets trade victory ahead of Xi meeting
▪ Could disgust with Congress end the shutdown?
▪ Nation braces for November elections
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