Democrats in the House of Representatives say they will seek a discharge petition to restore expired tax credits for people on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance exchanges after the measure was excluded from the bill to fund the federal government that passed earlier this week.

President Donald Trump signed the continuing resolution bill into law on Wednesday evening, shortly after it was passed by the House that same day. The bill was previously passed in the Senate, following the capitulation of eight senators ( seven Democrats and one independent ) who opted to end the 43-day shutdown without any deal with Republicans to restore federal health care funding or tax subsidies for those on ACA exchanges.

The short-term funding law will keep the government open until January 30.

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