Politics Dec 10 WATCH: Senate meets ahead of dueling health care proposal votes, each likely to fail Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with new savings accounts, and a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years lack the bipartisan support needed for passage.
Politics Nov 26 Health care proposal floated by White House runs into familiar GOP divisions It's a familiar struggle for Republicans, who have been trying to scrap or overhaul the federal health care law for the past 15 years.
Politics Nov 20 House votes to repeal new law that allows senators to sue government over phone record seizures The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.
Politics Nov 13 Democrats are wary of GOP promise to negotiate health care after end of shutdown The shutdown ended this week after a small group of Democrats made a deal with Republicans senators who promised a vote by mid-December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. But there is no guaranteed outcome, and many Republicans have made clear they…
Politics Nov 10 WATCH: Senate passes bill to end shutdown, sending it to the House The final Senate vote, 60-40, broke a grueling stalemate that lasted more than six weeks as Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them to extend health care tax credits that expire Jan. 1. The Republicans never did.
Politics Nov 10 Handful of Senate Democrats join GOP to break funding stalemate, first step toward ending shutdown A group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.
Politics Nov 08 WATCH: Senate convenes as mass flight cancellations due to shutdown disrupt travel The Senate’s first weekend session since the beginning of the shutdown yielded few signs of progress Saturday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s wish for a quick vote never materialized.
Politics Nov 07 WATCH: Senate meets as Republicans reject Democratic offer to end shutdown Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.
Politics Nov 06 WATCH: Senate convenes as Trump ramps up pressure to kill the filibuster and end the shutdown With talks to reopen the government intensifying, Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Thursday expressed determination to move ahead with a new bipartisan package of funding bills, a renewed effort to win over enough Democrats and end the shutdown that…
Politics Nov 05 WATCH: ‘I don’t think it was good for Republicans,’ Trump says after Democrats score election wins Trump, whose first term at the White House set the previous government shutdown record, said this one was a “big factor, negative” in the GOP's election losses Tuesday and he repeated his demands for Republicans to end the Senate filibuster as a way…