Overview

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled a 'clean' continuing resolution is a nonstarter, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Republican funding proposals don’t have enough Democratic support to pass.
• Senate GOP leaders, including John Thune, indicated they want a short-term funding bill without the subsidy measure for now, even as some Republicans favor addressing it later this year.
• A bipartisan House bloc of roughly eleven vulnerable Republicans has endorsed a one-year extension, and Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged the political realities while stopping short of a commitment.
• Independent analyses warn of sharp consumer impacts if the enhanced credits lapse, with CBO projecting about 4.2 million people losing marketplace coverage and KFF tracking a median proposed 18% premium increase for 2026.
• The standoff follows Republicans’ earlier reconciliation law that cut Medicaid and added marketplace verification hurdles, a backdrop Democrats are using as leverage with the Oct. 1 funding deadline and Nov. 1 open enrollment approaching.