US EditionDemocrats See Health Care as the Reason They’ll Avoid Shutdown Blame
Democrats demand extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts to prevent healthcare cost increases for millions as a condition for supporting government funding.
- House Republicans are racing to pass a short-term spending bill by September 30 to prevent a government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through November 21.
- This effort follows disagreements with Democrats, who demand including extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts, while Republicans reject these demands.
- The spending package also includes tens of millions of dollars to boost security for lawmakers, Supreme Court members, and the executive branch after a deadly attack on Minnesota lawmakers in June.
- Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries declared that House Democrats oppose a Republican funding measure that would significantly weaken Americans' healthcare protections, while Republicans dismissed the Democrats' conditions as unrelated to the bill.
- If the bill passes the House this week, it will move to the Senate and require the president's signature, but healthcare disagreements could still trigger a shutdown.
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Democrats might be ready for a shutdown. What do they want?
Here we go again: The government is on the verge of a shutdown, and Democratic votes are needed to keep it open. But congressional Democrats might be happy to let a shutdown happen rather than help Republicans.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer “voted to keep the government open” back in March and “endured furious blowback from the left,” said CNN. This time, he and other Democrats say President Donald Trump’s actions since then “require a har…
Democrats see health care as the reason they’ll avoid shutdown blame
Democratic lawmakers, who have struggled to put together a winning political message against President Trump, are feeling confident they have an upper hand ahead of a looming government shutdown because they think they have an advantage over the GOP on health care. The confidence is reflected in the fact that Senate Democratic leaders aren’t budging…
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