Overview
- Senate rules require 60 votes for most funding bills, giving Democrats the power to stall a partisan continuing resolution.
- Republicans are preparing short-term funding measures with few policy add-ons, and President Trump is urging them to proceed without Democrats.
- KFF estimates roughly 22 million ACA marketplace enrollees would face steep premium increases if enhanced tax credits expire at the end of 2025.
- The Congressional Budget Office projects Medicaid changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill would increase the number of uninsured by about 10 million over a decade.
- Some centrist Democrats warn against forcing a shutdown even as party leaders consolidate around demands to secure health-care protections in any deal.