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House Rules Committee advances Senate continuing resolution to reopen government amid bitter debate over health care, SNAP and a Senate 'payday' provision
Summary
The House Rules Committee voted to report a rule to consider the Senate amendment to H.R. 5371, a continuing resolution to reopen the government, after a late'night hearing that featured blunt testimony from Appropriations leaders and Democrats pressing to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and preserve SNAP and veterans funding.
The House Rules Committee on Nov. 11 approved a rule to bring the Senate'passed continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) to the House floor, clearing a path to reopen the federal government after a shutdown that stretched more than six weeks.
Chairman Tom Cole, presenting the Senate package to the committee, said the measure "will finally end this pointless shutdown" and includes three bipartisan, bicameral appropriations divisions that would fund military construction and veterans affairs, the legislative branch, and parts of agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. "With passage of these three divisions, we will have full-year funding in place for many of our most crucial programs," Cole said.
Democrats argued the CR is incomplete and warned voters would feel immediate harm if enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits are not extended. "Tens of millions of working-class Americans are about to experience dramatically increased premiums," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in support of an amendment to extend the credits for three years. "We respectfully urge…
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