Because as we begin day 43 of the government shutdown, lawmakers have taken another step toward ending the longest funding lapse in US history. Last night, the House Rules Committee met for the first time in weeks and advanced the Senate passed bill to reopen the government after turning down Democratic amendments that would have extended the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. This bill extends funding for most agencies until the end of January while including three full-ear funding bills for some part ...

Well, House Democrats uh will strongly oppose the bill that's come over from the Senate because we continue to make clear that we have to decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis. I'm thankful that Republicans have finally decided to end their 7 plus week taxpayer funded vacation which was outrageous. They've been on the run but they can no longer hide.And in just a few moments from now, myself and Katherine Clark will offer an amendment before the rules committee to change the bill so that it ex ...

Chief and Politics Reporter for the Gazette, Tom Barton, who was at that town hall last night. Semaphore Politics Reporter Dave Weigel, MSNBC political analyst and former press secretary to speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, Brendan Buck, and former Florida Congresswoman Val Demings. Excuse my voice.I'm losing it all over again. Tom, I will start with you. Tell me about that town hall.Yeah, it was tense from the start, booing, heckling, walkouts, even a few people escorted out. You had voters in Southeast ...

We are in day 42 of the US government shutdown and small business owners are bracing for a steep rise in health care costs next year. Some are even saying that their premiums for health care insurance are set to nearly quadruple. For more, let's bring in Bloomberg's Caitlin Reilly.So, Caitlin, you spoke with a bunch of small business owners. What are they telling you in terms of the frustrations with the increased premiums. Well, they're weren't really worried. They're worried for a couple of reasons.First, ...

Now, yesterday we had it. This time gains in the cash trade because of optimism on ending a shutdown. And President Trump has expressed his support for the bipartisan deal to end the US shutdown.He spoke yesterday in the Oval Office. I think based on everything I'm hearing, they haven't changed anything. And we have support from enough Democrats and we're going to be opening up our country to better whistleblowers, but we'll be opening up our country very quickly.For the latest, we're joined by bloomberg Wa ...

And joining us now is former Health and Human Services Secretary under President Obama, Kathleen Sibilius. She was one of the architects of Obamacare. Secretary Civilius, it's good to have you here.I want to highlight another family story. This one really, I think, has a huge impact. Helps paint the picture of the types of increases we're going to see.A family of four in Texas. They tell CNBC that they are currently paying $1,200 a month to ensure their family. But without the subsidies, their premiums are ...

Well, I watched Obama from when this thing came about. As you know, I opposed it very strongly. Unfortunately, we had a couple of negative votes, which should never have happened.But I said, "It's going to be a disaster." And I was exactly right. The the premiums have gone up like rocket ships. And I'm not just talking about recently. I'm talking about for years they've been going up.And he said, "Premiums will go down. Everything will be wonderful. It's horrible health insurance at a very high price." And ...

We are now 357 days away from the midterms and after a historic 40-day shutdown. The government may be reopening soon. Tonight, the Senate voted on a final passage of a funding deal negotiated by a group of Democratic senators and Republican leadership.The eight Democrats backing the plan consisted of a mix of retiring lawmakers, not at risk, senators not up for reelection this cycle, not really at risk, and independent Angus King of Maine. The agreement funds the government at the existing levels through J ...

RT Gregory A. (@Greg4Trump)@therecount The Affordable Care Act wasn't affordable from the start. It was just a big money laundering scheme for Big Insurance and Big Pharma. And then back to Congressmen.Everything the Government gets involved with turns to shit.The Free Market does a much better job... https://t.co/XKdxG1Dk2G ...

Joining me now uh is the view from the House side of things and that's Democratic Congressman of Pennsylvania Brendan Bole who says that he is a hell no on this Senate deal. Uh Congressman Bole, you just heard uh the reaction from your fellow Pennian uh Senator Federman. Uh he obviously feels as though it was time to reopen the government.Uh why do you feel differently. >> Oh, I disagree with that characterization. I have from the very beginning, House Democrats have been united saying that it was Republica ...