An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them
- At the U.S. Capitol, a legislative package that reopens government passed the House vote 222-209 and will be signed by President Donald Trump, but it omits a fix for expiring ACA tax credits.
- Democratic lawmakers demanded Republicans include an extension of expiring ACA premium subsidies during funding talks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., while House Democrats plan a discharge petition to force a vote in the coming weeks.
- Those earning less than 400% of the federal poverty level would get less assistance if the subsidies expire on Dec. 31, and more than 1.5 million Georgians face open enrollment amid uncertainty.
- The bill guarantees back pay for furloughed federal workers and reverses layoffs, while Senate Republican leadership promised a vote in the second week of December on subsidy extension but passage is uncertain.
- The funding package includes three bills for fiscal year 2026 and a short-term measure through Jan. 30, but lawmakers still must negotiate nine remaining spending bills with little time.
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Congress ended its impasse to reopen the government, but the Democrats’ reason for the shutdown remains unresolved: the renewal of expiring subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act.
CT delegation opposes shutdown deal over more than just health care subsidies
The House returned Wednesday after a nearly two-month break and took the final step toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation, who opposed the deal because it didn’t extend health care subsidies, were not counted among the yes votes. All five members of Connecticut’s delegation joined most House Democrats in voting against the funding package that will reopen the governme…
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