WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans introduced a short-term funding measure on Sept. 16 to keep the government open until just before Thanksgiving.

In hopes of avoiding a seemingly inevitable shutdown , the bill would largely maintain current funding levels until Nov. 21. It also would add nearly $90 million to shore up security for members of Congress , Supreme Court justices and executive branch officials in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination .

But the bill would do nothing to address Democrats' concerns over what they're calling a "looming health care crisis." Medicaid cuts recently enacted by Republicans and expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to wreak havoc across the country, they've warned. They refuse to strike a

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