WASHINGTON — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.
Speaking to reporters, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., responds to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government if Republicans extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 7, day 38 of the government shutdown.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks from the chamber to speak with reporters after the final vote to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., House minority whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., lead fellow Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12.
A podium is prepared before Democrats hold news conference on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Nov. 12, in Washington.
Speaking to reporters, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., responds to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government if Republicans extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 7, day 38 of the government shutdown.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., House minority whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., lead fellow Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12.
A podium is prepared before Democrats hold news conference on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Nov. 12, in Washington.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks from the chamber to speak with reporters after the final vote to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12.
