Trump administration live updates: Senate Democrats set to reject government funding bill
Senate Democrats prepare for the 10th time Thursday to reject interim spending bill who would reopen the government, insisting he will not back down from demands that Congress consider health benefits.
The repetition of votes on the funding bill has become a daily drumbeat in Congress, underscoring how intractable the situation has become, as it has at times been the only item on the Senate’s agenda. House Republicans have left Washington completely. The impasse lasted more than two weeks, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers on technical unemploymenteven more so with no guaranteed pay and an essentially paralyzed Congress.
Democrats say they won’t move until they’re guaranteed to extend subsidies to health plans offered under Affordable Care Act procurement. They warned that the millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance — such as small business owners, farmers and entrepreneurs — will see big increases when premium prices are announced in the coming weeks. Looking ahead to November 1 in most states, they are thinking voters will demand that the Republicans begin serious negotiations.
Other news we follow:
- The judge temporarily blocks the dismissal of federal civil servants: The Trump administration must, for now, stop laying off workers government shutdowna federal judge in San Francisco ordered Wednesday, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being made without much thought. She said she believed the evidence would ultimately show the cuts were illegal and excessive.
- The CIA carries out covert operations in Venezuela: Trump confirmed Wednesday that he had approved the operations and stated that he was considering carrying out land operations in the country. This news comes after the American army carried out an operation in recent weeks series of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, killing 27 people and destroy at least five boats. Four of these ships originally from Venezuela.
- JD Vance denounces “tight pearl” following racist text messages: Politico published messages from a group discussion of young republicans which included racist remarks, jokes about rape and off-handed comments about the gas chambers. The National Federation of Young Republicans, the GOP’s political organization for 18- to 40-year-olds, called on those involved to step down from the organization, but the vice president called the concerns “pearls” and said “a kid telling a stupid joke” shouldn’t “waste his life.”
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