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Bread and Circuses

(1,418 posts) Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:05 PM Nov 11

States Rights ?!? Senate Republicans want stricter rules pertaining to Hyde Amendment, in exchange for ACA funding

Congress faces yet another standoff, as Rat Republicans demand cuts to women’s health care in exchange for extending the ACA. They’re attempting to block blue states from using their OWN funds to support abortion care. One wonders how the eight senators who voted to end the shutdown feel now, as Congress slips into another quagmire.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-tougher-abortion-restrictions-extend-obamacare-fund-rcna243206

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States Rights ?!? Senate Republicans want stricter rules pertaining to Hyde Amendment, in exchange for ACA funding (Original Post) Bread and Circuses Nov 11 OP

Gee who would have guessed Diamond_Dog Nov 11 #1

The rat republicans keep pushing back the goal posts Bread and Circuses Nov 12 #2

repukes want to force women to have babies Skittles Nov 12 #3

So, women will have to pay the "price" so we can have continuance of health care for ACA customers?? Diamond_Dog Nov 12 #4

Well color me shocked. Whatever will Thune and Schumer do? Autumn Nov 12 #5

At this point.... MarineCombatEngineer Nov 12 #6

Diamond_Dog

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1. Gee who would have guessed

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:26 PM

Nov 11

Republicans are just plain unserious about funding the ACA subsidies. They’ll come up one bullshit reason after another why “we just don’t have the votes.” Abortion coverage is always an obsession with them so it’s a good place to start, in their view. I hate that we have to depend on these congressional troglodytes to extend funding all the time.

Trump could always tell the Republican reps to back down on this and they would jump to obey like Schatz said, but what are the chances he’d do that?