Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) did not allow lawmakers to consider the Democrats’ alternative funding measure
The Senate on Tuesday evening — for the eighth time — failed to advance the House-passed “clean” funding stopgap bill championed by congressional Republicans. The vote ended in a 49-45 margin, with the only difference being Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who voted in favor of the resolution every other time it came to the floor, missing the vote.
But the vote marked a first since the shutdown began: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) did not allow lawmakers to consider the Democrats’ alternative funding measure, which would permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies and restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.
“There is only one choice: You either vote for the clean [continuing resolution] to reopen the government or you vote for the shutdown. They have no cover,” a Senate Republican aide told The Hill’s Alexander Bolton ahead of the vote.
Source: Wednesday, October 15 | By Elliott Davis and Jesse Byrnes/The Hill Morning Report
But the vote marked a first since the shutdown began: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) did not allow lawmakers to consider the Democrats’ alternative funding measure, which would permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies and restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.
“There is only one choice: You either vote for the clean [continuing resolution] to reopen the government or you vote for the shutdown. They have no cover,” a Senate Republican aide told The Hill’s Alexander Bolton ahead of the vote.
Source: Wednesday, October 15 | By Elliott Davis and Jesse Byrnes/The Hill Morning Report
