Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“Democrats have now confirmed what was an open secret last week: They’re going to use their leverage in the upcoming government funding showdown, where their votes are needed to pass anything in the Senate, to ask for health care changes, in particular an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Both House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with other legislative leaders, pronounced themselves united on this, insisting that Democrats will put their imprint on the budget deal and reject any ‘clean’ stopgap funding that is negotiated without them. ‘We have broad agreement that the health of the American people should be paramount in this debate,’ Rep. Richie Neal (D-MA), the Democrats’ top member of the House Ways and Means Committee, told Politico.” (09/15/25)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-15-what-would-a-no-kings-budget-look-like/