{"id":2485489,"date":"2025-09-11T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-demand-healthcare-concessions-for-funding-package-support\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:25:20","slug":"democrats-demand-healthcare-concessions-for-funding-package-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-demand-healthcare-concessions-for-funding-package-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats demand healthcare concessions for funding package support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-demand-healthcare-concessions-for-funding-package-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that congressional Democrats are demanding healthcare-related concessions from Republicans in exchange for their support of a government funding deal aimed at averting a government shutdown at the end of the month. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries adn Senate Minority Leader chuck Schumer emphasized the ongoing national healthcare crisis and insisted these issues be addressed in any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short-term continuing resolution<\/a> (CR), likely a three-month extension, currently under negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are unified against voting for a partisan spending agreement and want Republicans to engage in bipartisan negotiations. Key Democratic demands include fixing Medicaid issues and extending enhanced Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) tax credits, which are set to expire at year-end. While some Republicans support addressing these concerns, many in the GOP oppose including ACA subsidies in the funding deal.<\/p>\n<p>Internal GOP divisions, with some fiscal conservatives favoring a year-long CR and others pushing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-pushes-further-cuts-transparency-to-build-back-better-bill-citing-inflation-cbo-score\/\" title=\"Manchin Pushes Further Cuts, Transparency To \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Bill, Citing Inflation, CBO Score\">short-term measure<\/a> to maintain budget pressure, complicate the negotiation. House Speaker Mike Johnson faces the challenge of securing enough Republican votes without Democratic support.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats maintain that Republicans are responsible for any potential shutdown but insist on bipartisan talks. They criticize current House appropriations bills as partisan, contrasting with more bipartisan efforts in the Senate. Democrats are drawing firm lines on healthcare funding as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-vote-house-gop-meets-for-third-internal-election-after-three-weeks-without-leader\/\" title=\"House GOP holds third internal election after three-week leader vacancy. Speaker vote underway.\">government funding deadline approaches<\/a>. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats demand healthcare concessions for votes on government funding deal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2226981\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Congressional<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Democrats<\/a> are demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">healthcare<\/a> concessions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> to get their support on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-comes-up-short-on-shutdown-spending-deal-as-deadline-looms\/\" title=\"Congress falls short in reaching ... ahead of ... deadline\">spending deal ahead<\/a> of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a>, which looms at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>As congressional leaders negotiate a short-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/continuing-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continuing resolution<\/a>, likely to be a three-month extension, House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) said there is a rising national healthcare crisis, and they would need to see it addressed in any CR deal coming to the floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3804061\/luna-johnson-build-statue-charlie-kirk-capitol\/\">Luna pushes Johnson to build statue of Charlie Kirk in Capitol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3803844\/aoc-democrats-pitch-citizenship-illegal-immigrants-ground-zero-9-11\/\">Democrats pitch citizenship for illegal immigrants who cleaned up ground zero<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3803575\/texas-house-republican-morgan-luttrell-wont-seek-reelection-2026\/\">Texas House Republican Morgan Luttrell won&#8217;t seek reelection in 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3798963\/republicans-funding-deal-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPUBLICANS INCH CLOSER TO SHORT-TERM FUNDING DEAL AS TIME IS RUNNING OUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;House and Senate, Hakeem and I, are in total agreement: what the Republicans are proposing is not good enough for the American people and not good enough to get our votes,&rdquo; Schumer said, leaving a Thursday meeting with other top Democrats. &ldquo;The American people are hurting, healthcare is being decimated on all different fronts, people are going to die, people are losing jobs, people are losing healthcare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer added that Democrats are &ldquo;totally united&rdquo; and Republicans need to come to the table for bipartisan negotiation &mdash; &ldquo;or they won&rsquo;t get our votes, plain and simple.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Jeffries echoed the Senate Democratic leader, stating that House Democrats will &ldquo;not support a partisan spending agreement &hellip; period. Full stop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest red line Democrats have drawn as time is running out to fund the government by Sept. 30. Appropriators have said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3798963\/republicans-funding-deal-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most likely plan of action<\/a> is a three-month CR combined with a three-bill &ldquo;minibus&rdquo; package approved by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of passing the &ldquo;big, beautiful bill&rdquo; that made significant changes to Medicaid, Democrats have said they want Republicans to address how they will fix what they say is a rip-off of healthcare for millions of Americans. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats and some Republicans have also raised the possibility of adding language that would extend expanded tax credits for Obamacare health premiums, which expire at the end of this year. <\/p>\n<p>Reauthorizing the enhanced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordable-care-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Care Act<\/a>&nbsp;credits has received little support from the Republican conference in both chambers of Congress, but some GOP lawmakers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3801742\/republicans-boost-democrats-demands-extend-obamacare-subsidies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bolstering Democrats&rsquo; demands<\/a> to include them in government funding discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Concessions on Medicaid and on the ACA tax subsidies are the two major issues for which Democrats are putting their foot down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people are hurting because of how they have decimated healthcare &mdash; we need bipartisan negotiation to undo that damage,&rdquo; Schumer said. &ldquo;If they try to jam something down our throats without any compromise, without any compromise, without any real bipartisan discussion, they ain&rsquo;t going to get the votes, plain and simple.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But House Republicans, including those who are already on the fence about a short-term CR, are shutting down talk of including the ACA subsidies in a spending deal.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) said the offer on the table to extend the tax credits is &ldquo;crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If that&rsquo;s included in this CR that&rsquo;s proposed next week, all hell will break loose on the House floor,&rdquo; Harris told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>Rescissions packages from the White House have also staved off any Democrats&rsquo; wishes to help Republicans pass a spending deal, as many argue that they won&rsquo;t vote for appropriations legislation to have the appropriated dollars rescinded by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My Republican colleagues are very aware of the issues. I&rsquo;ve particularly been saying that from the onset, we&rsquo;ll negotiate anytime, any place. [The] Democratic priorities: protecting and stop stealing the funds that we&rsquo;ve appropriated,&rdquo; House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) said leaving Thursday&rsquo;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, along with other fiscal hawks, has been in favor of a year-long CR to January, but top appropriators have argued that a short-term CR keeps the pressure on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to pass all 12 funding bills for the fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) can only afford to lose two GOP votes on a spending deal and still pass the package along party lines. With no Democratic support, and many conservatives balking at the idea of a short-term deal, Johnson and House leaders will need to work overtime to convince fiscal hawks to back the legislation. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3801742\/republicans-boost-democrats-demands-extend-obamacare-subsidies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPUBLICANS BOOST DEMOCRATS&rsquo; DEMANDS TO EXTEND OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GOP leadership has insisted that Democrats are responsible for any shutdown, but DeLauro and other Democrats say they are still advocating for Republicans to come to the table and negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House bills have all been unilaterally partisan,&rdquo; DeLauro said. &ldquo;I will say on the Senate side that their bills that come out have been bipartisan. We need to get to a bipartisan negotiation on appropriations bills, as well as on a continued resolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats seek healthcare concessions for funding deal votes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2485490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25254555602578.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13408,3685,63154,4606,5894],"class_list":["post-2485489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-concessions","tag-democrats","tag-funding-package","tag-healthcare","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25254555602578.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485489\/revisions\/2485493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}