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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…

Senate Democrats will meet at a special caucus lunch hosted by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) on Thursday afternoon to discuss a potential deal to reopen the government, but many Democrats say they need much bigger concessions from Republicans to support it.  Democrats will hold the meeting in the Capitol ahead of a…

Voters in New Jersey, New York City, Virginia and California delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald J. Trump nearly a year into his second term.  Senate Democrats involved in talks to end the government shutdown are trying to use…

The Senate just failed to advance a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, even as the chamber shows signs of life towards a possible deal to end the shutdown.  Senators voted 54-44 on the House-passed “clean” continuing resolution, which would have funded the government through November 21st.   It needed 60 votes…