A Last-Ditch Effort to Hamstring the Trump Agenda and Reverse Healthcare Cuts

Democratic congressional leaders are making the reversal of Medicaid cuts a central demand in exchange for their support on a government funding bill, leveraging the looming deadline to secure legislative concessions. The move comes as Congress faces a September 30 deadline to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown.

While Republicans control both the House and Senate and the White House, they will need some Democratic votes to pass a funding bill in the Senate. Democrats view the situation as an opportunity to influence the legislative agenda.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have written to their Republican counterparts, House Speaker Mike

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