Congressional Democrats are warning they will fight to preventPresident Donald Trump from withholding payments used tosubsidize insurance costs for poorAmericans under Obamacare, signalling the issue could becomepart of the debate to avoid a government shutdown at the endof April.
Top House and Senate Democratic leaders are pushing to guaranteethe so-called Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies as part of aspending bill that must be approved by April 28, the last day ofgovernment funding under current law, according tothree Democratic aides.
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the SenateFinance Committee, also signaled a tough stance Thursday, sayingDemocrats “will not negotiate with hostage takers.”
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