President Donald Trump said the government shutdown that took effect on Oct. 1 will likely include mass layoffs and program cuts. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Senate Democrats have so far blocked three attempts by Republicans in the upper chamber to pass the House GOP’s short-term funding extension, which would keep the government open until Nov. 21 while lawmakers work to fund the government with appropriations bills.
For now, there is no clear path forward to end the shutdown, which began on midnight Wednesday.
Democrats also have their own plan that Republicans have similarly blocked that would keep the government open until Oct. 31, and it would claw back canceled funding for NPR and PBS and repeal the healthcare section of the president’s signature piece of legislation.
HOUSE GOP DEMANDS ANSWERS ON BILLIONS IN MEDICAID COSTS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
A demonstrator holds up a pro-Affordable Care Act sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments that challenge the Affordable Care Act in Washington on Nov. 10, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Among the changes brought on by the megabill are provisions that would end Medicaid funding for most non-citizens, end the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for emergency care for illegal immigrants, end Medicare funding for most non-citizens and end Obamacare funding for most non-citizens.
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There are also provisions that close the "California loophole," which the White House charged other states abused to draw in more funding for illegal immigrants, and a "special rule" that subverts language within Obamacare that prevents most immigrants from receiving Medicaid for five years by allowing immigrants earning below the poverty line to get Obamacare premium subsidies.
"Democrats’ funding proposal would put American Patients Last by undoing critical [Working Families Tax Cut Act] reforms, thereby spending nearly $200 billion in taxpayer money on healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants and other non-citizens," the memo read.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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