Sunday, September 14, 2025

Government shutdown draws near as Democrats push for healthcare funding

"We will not support a partisan spending agreement that continues to rip away healthcare from the American people, period, full stop," said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader. 

 In an interview with Fox News on Friday morning, Trump insisted that Republicans should go it alone on spending – a tall ask because Democrats can use the Senate's filibuster to block legislation in the upper chamber. 

"They want to give away money to this and then that, destroy the country. If you gave them every dream, they would not vote for it," Trump said of the Democrats. He said he had told Republicans: "Don't even bother dealing with them."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/congress-healthcare-government-shutdown 


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