Democrats are vowing to block a short-term government funding bill to keep the government open unless Republicans agree to extend billions of dollars in federal health insurance subsidies.
“Republicans have to come to meet with us in a true bipartisan negotiation to satisfy the American people’s needs on healthcare, or they won’t get our votes, plain and simple,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The showdown centers on enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, first enacted in 2021 as part of a COVID-19 relief law, to make Obamacare plans significantly cheaper for lower- and middle-income households.
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