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Capitol Hill, White House focus on affordability with new policy initiatives
Lawmakers and the White House propose tariffs elimination, new trade deals, and extended healthcare subsidies to ease costs for millions after a $90 billion shutdown loss.
- From Capitol Hill to the White House, lawmakers are focusing on reducing costs amid ongoing efforts to lower grocery prices and restore expiring health-care subsidies.
- The 43-day shutdown erased about $90 billion in growth and cost about 60,000 jobs, and September inflation data shows coffee, bananas and beef rose notably over the past year.
- Among the measures floated are 50-year mortgages, $2,000 tariff checks, and Latin American trade frameworks to lower grocery costs, the White House said.
- Lawmakers are racing to restore expiring health-care subsidies that affect 24 million Americans, with Senate Republicans promising a December vote though the House of Representatives has not made the same pledge, and advocates warn families could pay hundreds more each month if subsidies lapse.
- The USDA plans to require SNAP reapplications, review state data, and consider new regulations to address `fraud, waste and incessant abuse`, though timing remains unspecified.
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Capitol Hill, White House focus on affordability with new policy initiatives
The White House is addressing affordability with new trade frameworks and policy rollouts aimed at reducing costs for Americans, following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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