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Posted on 11/09/2025 8:27:48 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The framework lawmakers agreed to Sunday night would not guarantee an extension of the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told reporters Sunday evening, signaling she’d vote no. “The American people want us to stand and fight for health care, and that’s what I believe we should do.”
Jeffries added in a statement that “we will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. We will fight the GOP bill in the House of Representatives, where [Speaker] Mike Johnson will be compelled to end the seven week Republican taxpayer-funded vacation.”
House Democratic leadership has insisted the health subsidies be addressed in legislation rather than a handshake compromise, especially as Johnson has refused to offer Democrats the same promise of a vote on an extension in his chamber.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who took heat from the progressive base for leading his party in shoring up the votes to prevent a government shutdown back in March, made clear Sunday night he was also holding back his support over the future of the credits.
“We asked President Trump to step in and meet with us to deliver lower health care for Americans, and, instead, Donald Trump has taken the American people hostage. …I must vote no,” Schumer said from the Senate floor shortly before the vote.
Lawmakers who were negotiating on behalf of the Senate Democratic Caucus defended the deal in a news conference Sunday night, saying the promise of a vote should be counted as a major victory.
“We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date on a bill that we will write,” said Shaheen of Democrats, though she added it was important to engage with Republicans on a bipartisan...
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If Pocahontas is against it...
Orange Man speak with forked tongue.
Just before RIFs...
Dick "head" Durbin was one of my two Senators until last Friday when I moved out of Illinois and to the FREE STATE of TENNESSEE!
YEE HAW!!
Hasta la vista Dick "head" Durbin!
The anguish at dailykos and democraticunderground is exhilarating right now
“The American people want us to stand and fight for health care…”
Lots,of,people,would,prefer,government OUT of healthcare
She wants $35 BILLION of our money going to insurance providers, with no accountability for how much they will change for premiums, and for it to go on for another year.
Yes, anything she is for, is a safe bet that it will hurt working taxpayers.
Welcome to TN
I guess it can't be all bad, then.
So the bass turds stole 2020 but we gave the RATS the 2024 election. Goobers need to stop trying to be politicians and take up jobs like dog catchers, car wash vacuum operators and Walmart Greeters. They are out of the league when they try to take on primitives like King Hakeem Skyhook.
Just a minor setback…
“The legislation would, however, require the Trump administration to restore the thousands of federal workers fired during the shutdown during reductions in force (RIF), and it would prevent the president’s Office of Management and Budget from attempting additional layoffs until Jan. 30, 2026.”
Maybe the beginning of the end of ZeroCare.
Congrats! Left Chicago a little over seven years ago. You will love your new home State.
RE: Getting the government out of the healthcare system....
My childhood doctor had a sign on his desk “I Am Not A Government Doctor.”
He was in a militia and once carried a rifle to oppose a leftist march around 1966. Cops sided with him so they didn’t arrest him.
He was a major influence on me as I remembered right wing things he told me that helped me oppose the burgeoning trends of SDS and antiwar cretins.
I started as a patient when in the 2nd grade my mother got impatient with our old doctor ignoring my worsening symptoms as “just a cold.” I had rheumatic fever and came close to dying. The new doctor saved me and even gave me house call penicillin shots to save me from being in the hospital.
May he rest in peace in Heaven.
Agreed. I'd like to see exactly what they voted for tonight before I consider it a win. Were any backroom deals made over the weekend we aren't being told about? I don't trust them. Something made those commicrats suddenly come around.
Welcome to TN. I just hope you didn't choose Nashville because you'll think you're still in IL.
Possibly...though maybe not...given he’s not running for re-election again and isn’t as burdened to please his nutcase base. Shaheen isn’t either.
Retroactively restoring federal government firings is NOT insignificant.
Unlike regular Americans, they STILL can never be fired !
Every time democrats do something to make healthcare more affordable it does exactly the opposite. Trouble is most citizens are too dumb to know it and the media covers it up.
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