Partisan Standoff Escalates as Shutdown Threatens Federal Funding and Security
TL;DR
GOP leaders in Congress are rejecting Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies, challenging Democrats to vote against a stopgap funding bill that keeps the government open but without their key provisions, risking a government shutdown at the end of September.
Topics:top-newspolitics#democrats#government-shutdown#health-care-subsidies#politics#republicans#spending-bill
- Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown AP News
- GOP defections sink effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar Politico
- As Shutdown Looms, Democrats Outline Spending Demands on Medicaid and Obamacare The New York Times
- Republicans propose $88m in security for lawmakers after Charlie Kirk killing The Guardian
- Democrats say shutdown necessary to send ‘message’ to Trump The Hill
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