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Republicans scramble for health care plan, as Democrats eye midterm battle

Republicans in Washington successfully defused the 43-day government shutdown without surrendering to Democrats’ demands to spend billions more to offset spiking health insurance costs. Read More

Democrats Concede Shutdown Fight Without Health Care Win in Hand

Democrats entered the shutdown seeking to renew tax credits to stave off insurance premium price hikes and to show voters they have the stomach for hardball negotiations in President Donald Trump’s ... Read More

The shutdown is about to end. Will millions lose their health insurance?

The shutdown could end without a guarantee to extend COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies that made some health plans less expensive for millions of Americans. Read More

Trump rips Democrats, ‘BIG, BAD’ health insurance companies amid shutdown stalemate

President Trump on Saturday took a swipe at Democrats and health insurance companies as lawmakers struggle to find consensus on a bill to reopen the government. Trump, weighing in on the debate ... Read More

Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government

The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown without the health insurance subsidies Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote ... Read More

Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won't back away from demands that Congress take up health ... Read More

Senate Democrats reject latest effort to end government shutdown – as Trump signals he’s open to negotiating a healthcare deal

A majority of Democratic senators on Monday rejected a fifth attempt by Republicans to pass a stopgap funding bill that would end the government shutdown – just hours after President Trump floated the ... Read More

Democrats Play the Hits on Health Care. But Fewer People Are Listening.

The basic political conflict in America has changed to something very different than the one putting health care to the fore. By Nate Cohn It wasn’t that long ago when health care was one of the most ... Read More

Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time

Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care ... Read More