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(1,367 posts) Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:05 PM Tuesday

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 Tuesday OP

Gee who would have guessed Diamond_Dog Tuesday #1

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

repukes want to force women to have babies Skittles Yesterday #3

So, women will have to pay the "price" so we can have continuance of health care for ACA customers?? Diamond_Dog 17 hrs ago #4

Well color me shocked. Whatever will Thune and Schumer do? Autumn 17 hrs ago #5

At this point.... MarineCombatEngineer 17 hrs ago #6

Diamond_Dog

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1. Gee who would have guessed

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:26 PM

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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?