According to new polling data, nearly 80 percent of Americans support extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of this year—and are at the center of a funding dispute that led to a shutdown of the federal government this week. The poll, conducted by KFF...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has blocked an effort to pass legislation that would have extended data privacy protections for federal lawmakers and public officials to everyone in the United States. On Monday night, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the U.S. Senate for unanimous consent from fellow senators to pass his legislation, S.2850. Wyden’s bill, if...
new video loaded: Government Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend Funding transcript Back transcript Government Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend Funding Democrats and Republicans have not agreed to a deal to extend federal funding to avert a government shutdown. “We have disagreements about health care policy. But you don’t shut the government down. You don’t say...