Thune: Stopgap Bill Shouldn’t Include Obamacare Subsidies

Senate Republican leaders are open to discussing the expiration of Obamacare health insurance subsidies after a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown is passed, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Tuesday.

Democrats have vowed to block a short-term government funding bill unless Republicans agree to extend billions of dollars in Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.

Thune, though, insisted that a Sept. 30 short-term government funding measure needs to be kept “clean” of specific policy riders.

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