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House Republicans on Wednesday passed a partisan package of health care policies designed to provide a conservative alternative to extending the expiring ObamaCare subsidies.  The legislation has little chance of passing through the Senate, however, and it does not address the cost cliff that’s expected to hit 22 million Americans when the enhanced Affordable Care…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said there will not be an amendment vote on extending expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies as part of a House Republican health care bill this week, in a move that is infuriating moderate Republicans who had been pushing to go on the record about the subsidies. Negotiations between moderates and GOP leadership…

The Republican-controlled Senate voted Thursday to reject health care bills offered by each party, as the U.S. barrels toward a cliff with steep premium hikes for millions of Americans set to hit next month.  The failed votes raise the likelihood that enhanced Obamacare subsidies passed in 2021 will expire at the end of this year…

The Senate is poised to vote on Thursday on two separate plans aimed at addressing a spike in health care costs that are expected for tens of millions of Americans who receive enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits unless Congress acts.  Both plans, one put forward by Democrats and the other championed by Republicans, are…

The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to replace enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act with health savings accounts that would receive federal contributions to pay out-of-pocket expenses, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) announced Tuesday.  The Senate was already set to vote Thursday on a Democratic plan to…

With just two days until Democrats get a vote on their proposal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, Republican senators have yet to coalesce behind an alternative to put up alongside it.  Senate Republicans are expected to discuss their options at a closed-door lunch Tuesday afternoon and make a decision about which direction to take.  Factions…

The Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to extend Obamacare health insurance subsidies that expire in just 23 days. This week’s Senate vote is the result of a deal that ended the historic 43-day government shutdown. But while Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Soth Dakota) promised a vote on extending the subsidies, there…

House and Senate Republican leaders return to Capitol Hill this week with about twelve legislative days left in 2025 facing a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies without a unified plan for how, or even whether, to extend the expiring benefits for millions of Americans.  The debate is pitting Republicans concerned with delivering…

President Donald J. Trump late Wednesday signed into law a funding bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.  The measure, which will fund government operations through the end of January, was passed by the House of Representatives earlier Wednesday night in a 222-209 vote.  Just two Republicans in the House voted…

The House has returned to Capitol Hill after nearly two months (54 days) out of session for a vote that could reopen the federal government and end the record-long shutdown.  The Senate passed legislation on Monday night to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, after a critical splinter group of eight Democrats joined with Republicans…