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Government shutdown odds go up after party leaders exchange fire
Democrats reject GOP stopgap bill that omits expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, risking millions losing coverage and premium spikes, increasing shutdown odds before October 1.
- With a September 30 deadline, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would oppose the GOP stopgap continuing resolution that extends funding through Nov. 21 and accused House Republicans of risking a shutdown by refusing to stop premium hikes.
- Democrats' alternative continuing resolution ending Oct. 31 would make ACA subsidies permanent, but House Speaker Mike Johnson calls it a 'December policy issue,' blocking the measure.
- Practical hurdles include the House Republicans' CR adding $30 million for lawmaker security and the Senate's 60-vote threshold, with the GOP House majority able to lose only two members.
- A shutdown would immediately suspend funding for Health and Human Services, the FDA, Veterans Affairs, SNAP, and could raise ACA premiums roughly 75% for millions, Kevin Thompson said.
- Top Senate leaders agreed to tee up two votes on Friday as open enrollment approaches amid backchannel talks to prevent a subsidy lapse warned by the Congressional Budget Office.
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