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Senate voting on competing health care proposals
The Senate is now voting on two separate plans aimed at addressing a spike in health care costs that are expected for tens of millions of Americans who receive enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits unless Congress acts.

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Senate Republicans plan vote on a health care alternative as ACA funds look likely to expire
Senate to Vote on Dueling Healthcare Proposals
US Senate to Vote Thursday on Republican and Democratic Healthcare Plans
The ‌United States Senate ​will vote ‍on Thursday on ​a ​Republican-proposed ⁠alternative plan to address expiring Affordable Care ‌Act subsidies, Senate Majority ​Leader ‌John Thune ‍said on ⁠Tuesday...

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Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom
The Senate is set to vote on 2 rival health plans. Here's what's at stake for Americans
Trump administration: Senate rejects dueling health care plans as US-Venezuela tensions mount
The oil tanker the US seized off the Venezuelan coast will travel to an American port, where US authorities intend to take possession of its cargo, the White House said, as President Donald Trump cont...

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Senate heads toward dueling partisan votes on health care, with each likely to fail
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Senate rejects plans to address sharp rise in health care premiums

Some lawmakers see path for health care deal after failed Senate votes

With the partisan exercise behind them, some senators are expressing tepid optimism about a path forward on a health care compromise.

Indiana Senate rejects GOP-drawn congressional map in a major rebuke of Trump

Trump and national Republicans pushed Indiana lawmakers for new district lines that could have allowed the party to gain two seats in next year’s midterms.

Senate to vote on GOP health care bill that does not extend expiring Obamacare tax credits

Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican-led alternative to Democrats’ three-year extension of soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.

Dueling votes to curb health care costs likely doomed in Congress

The Senate is set to vote on competing plans to lower health care costs. Though neither will likely pass, lawmakers are feeling the pressure to act.
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