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House Sets Vote to Reopen Government After Senate Deal, Leaving ACA Fight for December

The stopgap would fund agencies through late January, leaving expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits to a mid-December Senate vote with an uncertain House path.

House Speaker Mike Johnson at the US Capitol Monday after briefing the media on a timeline to possibly end the government shutdown.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes a statement to reporters without taking questions following a vote in the Senate to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • The House Rules Committee advanced the Senate bill 8-4 on party lines, setting up a floor vote today as Republicans rely on their slim majority and Democrats signal near-unanimous opposition.
  • The Senate passed the package 60-40 with eight Democrats crossing the aisle; it funds SNAP through fiscal 2026, reverses recent federal layoffs, and bars mass firings until the patch expires.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to commit to bringing up any House vote to extend the ACA subsidies when pressed in a CNN interview.
  • Senate Republican leader John Thune pledged a mid-December Senate vote on the subsidies, which expire Dec. 31 and could increase premiums for millions if they lapse.
  • President Trump endorsed the deal and said he will sign it if it reaches his desk, as House Democrats vented anger and divisions over the compromise.