Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

Temporary spending bill passes House, likely to stall in Senate

The House narrowly passed a seven-week extension of federal spending authority Friday morning, setting the stage for dueling Senate votes later Friday before a weeklong recess ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The final tally in the House was 217-212, with GOP Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana voting against the bill. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to back the bill…

In Shutdown Battle, Dems Not Shy About Demands

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | September 18, 2025 As Congress faces an end-of-September deadline to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, Democrats are making big demands on health care—including undoing Medicaid reforms and extending COVID-19-era tax credits. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., joined fellow Democrats at a press conference Thursday in demanding an extension of expiring health care premium tax credits insti…

Democrats outline spending demands as shutdown looms - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed adding well over $1 trillion for Medicaid and other health programs to a stopgap spending plan needed to fund the government past Sept. 30, laying out steep demands in a showdown with Republicans that is threatening a shutdown within weeks.

Senate set to consider pair of spending bills with shutdown looming

The Senate is expected to vote on a pair of stopgap spending packages on Friday as lawmakers seek a way to avert a government shutdown ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline. Early in the day, the House is set to vote and potentially pass the GOP’s seven-week “clean” continuing resolution (CR), sending it over to the upper chamber in the process.  That would set the stage for the twin votes, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announcing the p…

‘I’m Not a Cheap Date’: Democrats Make Counteroffer as Shutdown Deadline Looms

House Democrats are preparing to reject a measure to avoid a government shutdown expected to reach the House floor on Friday, potentially teeing up a high-stakes confrontation as Republicans dare them to own the fallout. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The impasse has set the stage for another volatile showdown ahead of the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, with federal workers and agencies bracing for a potential shutdown. Republicans are …

Thune pans Democrats' shutdown stance as 'borderline pathological,' 'like a disease'

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he believes Senate Democrats are posturing for a government shutdown to score a political win with their base, and he’s trying to prevent it.In an interview with Fox News Digital, Thune argued that Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., lack a real reason for not backing the GOP’s short-term government funding extension other than to appease the "far left."Thu…