US EditionDemocrats Lose Shutdown Battle — as Trump, Republicans Risk Losing War
The Senate deal ends the longest shutdown, preserving SNAP benefits for 42 million and delaying a critical vote on ACA subsidies affecting 20 million Americans.
- On Sunday, the Senate voted to end a weeks-long shutdown by accepting terms first posed by Republicans, with Democrats crossing the aisle to reopen government operations.
- Republicans refused to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 20 million Americans, and the standoff involved deep cuts affecting SNAP recipients and federal workers.
- The negotiated deal includes funding and protections that extend government funding through January, reverse federal layoffs, guarantee SNAP benefits through next September, fund the Department of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Food and Drug Administration, and set up a doomed Senate vote on ACA subsidies.
- The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to complete government reopening, while activists and pundits criticized Democrats who struck the deal and Republicans face pressure to address health care costs.
- Last week's results underscored affordability and health care as central campaign issues, and although Democrats framed the shutdown as about ACA subsidies, most did not secure an extension but preserved an economic messaging advantage.
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Two Republicans may break a deadly promise
The longest government shutdown in American history ended less than two weeks ago, but the battle over Affordable Care Act credits and Americans’ health-care access still rages in Congress. Approximately 100,000 Virginians could lose their health insurance if the credits lapse, lawmakers and advocat...
Because several democrats have given in, Republicans can end the shutdown, but the painfully long budget lockout shows that the opposition is not powerless, and now knows how it can add to Trump.
I Was One of the First People to Say ‘Don’t Run, Joe.’ Now I’m Saying ‘Step Down, Chuck.’
Senate Democrats’ collapse in the latest government funding fight is just the latest example of the party’s inability to advance bold members to positions of power, opting instead for milquetoast and uninspiring leadership.
Comment: Here’s what ‘losing’ shutdown looks like for Democrats
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington They didn’t get an ACA deal, but they kept the economic message, leaving the GOP to answer for health care costs. Comment: Here’s what ‘losing’ shutdown looks like for Democrats Wire Service
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