Government shutdown appears averted as Senate nears a deal to advance $1.7T funding bill
that aims to prevent any future presidents or presidential candidates from trying to overturn an election.
However, millions who enrolled in the health care program for low-income Americans could start to lose coverage on April 1 because the billof the COVID-19 public health emergency that prohibited states from booting people off Medicaid. “Giving us a bill at 1:28 in the morning, that’s over 4,000 pages, that nobody will have an opportunity to read, that we’ll have no idea what’s in it, is not the way to run your personal life, your business life or your government,” said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. “This has to stop.”
Before passing the bill, the Senate adopted a Cornyn amendment to allow state and local governments to use leftover COVID aid for infrastructure needs.
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