#affordable-care-act-subsidies

#affordable-care-act-subsidies

A month ago, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, was projecting confidence that a bipartisan group of lawmakers was nearing a deal to restore lapsed health insurance subsidies. The enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of last year, despite a majority of Americans in favor of Congress renewing them, according to polling from the nonprofit KFF. "We're in the red zone," Moreno told reporters. "But that does not mean a touchdown. It could mean a 95-yard fumble."

Democrats' latest fault lines do not track perfectly along the familiar split between progressives and centrists. Instead, there's renewed rancor over how aggressively to fight President Donald Trump and his compliant GOP majorities on Capitol Hill, with some progressives renewing their calls for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer to step aside, even as he publicly opposes the latest deal.

The proposal would fund most government operations through January 30, but it would fund certain ones through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, including agricultural programs, military construction, and veterans' affairs. It would also reimburse states for what they've spent on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program and some others, while guaranteeing back pay to furloughed federal employees and those who have been working without compensation.