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Will there be another government shutdown? Congress has less than one month to pass a new budget
Democrats insist on extending subsidies for millions relying on Affordable Care Act benefits to prevent a government shutdown, with bipartisan talks ongoing since November.
- Congress faces a hard deadline to act on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies used by millions, with a budget needed by Jan. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
- After a 43-day stalemate, lawmakers struck a deal to defer the subsidies fight as a bipartisan group of legislators signed three spending bills into law on Nov. 12.
- The Senate moved the package after eight senators from the Democratic caucus joined Republicans to clear a potential 60-vote filibuster, while members of the House of Representatives returned and approved the November bill by a 222 to 209 vote.
- Failure to extend the subsidies would risk a repeat shutdown and financial pain for workers, and Democrats plan to use the vote as political fodder against House Republicans in the midterms later this year.
- A looming Senate test on war powers will compete with the subsidies fight as President Donald Trump's weekend strikes captured Nicolás Maduro, making a vote to limit his war powers an overnight priority that challenges House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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