‘National moral disgrace’: Over 1 in 5 US children on food stamps & living in poverty
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Late-night Senate deal opens path to ending shutdown but splits Democrats — The Washington Post
The deal that split Democrats doesn’t extend expiring ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) told reporters as she left a closed-door meeting of Senate Democrats that lasted more than two hours Sunday evening. “The American people want us to stand and fight for health care, and that’s what I believe we should do.”
The bipartisan compromise combines three full-year funding measures into one package with a stopgap funding bill that would reopen the government through Jan. 30.
But the deal would not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, which Democrats have warned will cause health insurance premiums to skyrocket for millions of Americans.
The bill passed 60-40, with seven Democrats and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joining Republicans to pass it. One Republican, Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky), voted no.
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The bipartisan compromise combines three full-year funding measures for specific parts of the government into one package, along with a stopgap funding bill for the rest of it through Jan. 30. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill into law.
The bill would also reverse more than 4,000 federal layoffs the Trump administration attempted to implement earlier in the shutdown and prevent future layoffs through Jan. 30, easing pressure on a federal workforce reeling from tens of thousands of layoffs this year. The deal would appropriate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, through September.
But it would not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, increasing health care costs for millions of Americans. Democrats had demanded throughout the shutdown that Republicans negotiate with them to extend the subsidies, but the GOP insisted it would not discuss health policy unless the government reopened.
The shutdown has entered its 41st day, and most federal employees haven’t been paid since it began. Effects are piling up: Hundreds of thousands are working without salaries, and many others are furloughed. Airline delays have cascaded because of air traffic control shortages, and November’s SNAP payments went out late — and only under a court order. National parks and museums in D.C. have been closed.
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Deal to end government shutdown passes Senate, heads to House — The Washington Post
House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he is preparing to call his members back to Washington while the Senate finalizes the deal.
The bill would also reverse more than 4,000 federal layoffs the Trump administration attempted to implement earlier in the shutdown and prevent future layoffs through Jan. 30, easing pressure on a federal workforce reeling from tens of thousands of layoffs this year. The deal would appropriate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, through September.
But it would not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, increasing health care costs for millions of Americans. Democrats had demanded throughout the shutdown that Republicans negotiate with them to extend the subsidies, but the GOP insisted it would not discuss health policy unless the government reopened.
The shutdown has entered its 41st day, and most federal employees haven’t been paid since it began. Effects are piling up: Hundreds of thousands are working without salaries, and many others are furloughed. Airline delays have cascaded because of air traffic control shortages, and November’s SNAP payments went out late — and only under a court order. National parks and museums in D.C. have been closed.
Lawmakers face one last big hurdle to end shutdown. Flying to DC — USA TODAY
One member of Congress opted to drive his motorcycle nearly 1,000 miles instead of fly.
The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, with a vote on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
Republicans currently hold a narrow 219-213 majority in the House. But President Donald Trump's support for the bill is expected to keep his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies.
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Eight Senate Democrats on Monday broke with party leadership to pass the funding package, which would extend funding through January 30, leaving the federal government on a path to keep adding about $1.8 trillion a year to its $38 trillion in debt.
House Democrats remain adamantly opposed, angered by the Senate deal that came less than a week after Democrats won high-profile elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City that many thought strengthened their odds of winning an extension of health insurance subsidies. While the deal sets up a December vote on those subsidies in the Senate, Johnson has made no such promise in the House.
Republicans currently hold a narrow 219-213 majority in the House. But President Donald Trump's support for the bill is expected to keep his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies.
Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history — Reuters
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
Its not a money issue. Survival is dirt cheap, decadence is expensive.The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, with a vote on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
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Republicans currently hold a narrow 219-213 majority in the House. But President Donald Trump's support for the bill is expected to keep his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies.
Eight Senate Democrats on Monday broke with party leadership to pass the funding package, which would extend funding through January 30, leaving the federal government on a path to keep adding about $1.8 trillion a year to its $38 trillion in debt.Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history — Reuters
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
House Democrats remain adamantly opposed, angered by the Senate deal that came less than a week after Democrats won high-profile elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City that many thought strengthened their odds of winning an extension of health insurance subsidies. While the deal sets up a December vote on those subsidies in the Senate, Johnson has made no such promise in the House.
The Senate approved the same legislation Monday when eight Democrats peeled off and voted with Republicans to break a filibuster and end the shutdown.
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Trump’s signature, which restores funding that has been frozen or halted for weeks, came shortly after the House voted 222-209 to send him the measure. Six Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in voting yes, and two Republicans joined most Democrats in voting no.
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In Oval Office remarks, Trump blamed Democrats for the shutdown. "So I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this. When we come up to midterms and other things, don’t forget what they’ve done to our country," he said.
There was plenty of pain during the six-week impasse, some of it caused by the Trump administration as it tried to ramp up pressure on the targeted bloc of moderate Senate Democrats. In addition to the mass layoffs, the White House had threatened to halt SNAP payments to states until the shutdown ended; it ultimately doled out partial payments under a judge’s order, while fighting the issue up to the Supreme Court.
The shutdown is ending, and House Democrats are furious — POLITICO
The sour atmosphere stands to linger as another shutdown deadline approaches and the health care fight continues.
Trump signs funding bill, ending longest government shutdown — NBC News
Congress this week passed legislation that will keep the government open through Jan. 30, with some programs like SNAP food benefits funded through September.
The legislative package includes a “minibus” of three appropriations bills providing funding through next September and keeps the rest of the government open at current levels through Jan. 30.
There was plenty of pain during the six-week impasse, some of it caused by the Trump administration as it tried to ramp up pressure on the targeted bloc of moderate Senate Democrats. In addition to the mass layoffs, the White House had threatened to halt SNAP payments to states until the shutdown ended; it ultimately doled out partial payments under a judge’s order, while fighting the issue up to the Supreme Court.
Well, the American Gov’t reopened, then broke for the holidays, but it’s supposed to be back again, Monday…now some members of Congress on both sides of the aisle attempted to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies into 2026, but Washington was gridlocked, so Happy New Year!
About 24 million Americans buy health insurance through the ACA marketplace, and the majority were used to receiving tax credits to lower the monthly price.
Those tax credits, also referred to as subsidies, were first introduced through former President Barack Obama's ACA in 2014. They were then expanded during Covid.
The fight to extend the subsidies became the centre of the longest government shutdown in US history, which went on for more than 40 days earlier this year.
Democrats wanted to force Republicans to extend the subsidies for an additional three years, which would cost $35bn per year. Republicans did not want the government to foot the bill for another three years of subsidies without spending cuts.
The weeks-long shutdown - which left millions without essential government services - ended when a group of Democratic senators agreed to reopen the government, if Republicans in the Senate agreed to vote on extending the subsidies.
But that vote still hasn't happened yet, despite efforts from Democrats and four Republicans to put the issue to Congress before the subsidies expired.
Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare — BBC News
More than 20 million Americans are preparing for steeper healthcare costs in the New Year because of expiring subsidies.
BBC is American ?Well, the American Gov’t reopened, then broke for the holidays, but it’s supposed to be back again, Monday…now some members of Congress on both sides of the aisle attempted to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies into 2026, but Washington was gridlocked, so Happy New Year!
About 24 million Americans buy health insurance through the ACA marketplace, and the majority were used to receiving tax credits to lower the monthly price.
Those tax credits, also referred to as subsidies, were first introduced through former President Barack Obama's ACA in 2014. They were then expanded during Covid.
The fight to extend the subsidies became the centre of the longest government shutdown in US history, which went on for more than 40 days earlier this year.
Democrats wanted to force Republicans to extend the subsidies for an additional three years, which would cost $35bn per year. Republicans did not want the government to foot the bill for another three years of subsidies without spending cuts.
The weeks-long shutdown - which left millions without essential government services - ended when a group of Democratic senators agreed to reopen the government, if Republicans in the Senate agreed to vote on extending the subsidies.
But that vote still hasn't happened yet, despite efforts from Democrats and four Republicans to put the issue to Congress before the subsidies expired.
The above link isn’t from an American outlet.
Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare — BBC News
More than 20 million Americans are preparing for steeper healthcare costs in the New Year because of expiring subsidies.