US EditionDemocrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats rejected a short-term funding extension to preserve healthcare subsidies, causing a shutdown that may furlough 750,000 federal workers and cost $400 million daily.
- U.S. Senators did not pass a federal funding bill, leading to a partial government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, marking the first lapse in funding in six years.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 750,000 federal employees could face daily furloughs during the shutdown.
- Democrats opposed the Republican bill, arguing it did not address health care benefits, and claimed Republicans were responsible for the shutdown.
- Senate Democrats continue to demand renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, while Republicans state they won't negotiate under current conditions.
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Young: Government Shutdown is "Manufactured Crisis" from Democrats
Source: CSPAN WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indiana Republican Sen. Todd Young is calling the shutdown of the federal government a “manufactured crisis” created by the Democrats. The shutdown reached the fourth day on Saturday. Senate Democrats blocked a fourth attempt from the GOP to get back to work on Friday. Republicans have pushed to pass a budget that would keep the government funded at current levels until mid-November. Democrats are arguing for Con…
Senators again block plans to reopen government as shutdown drags on - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday rejected two competing efforts to reopen the government, all but assuring that the federal shutdown would drag through the weekend as Republicans and Democrats insisted they would not bend to the other’s demands to break their stalemate.
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