The bill advanced by a vote of 60-40.
President Donald Trump on Sunday offered a bit more insight into his proposal that Obamacare subsidies should go directly to Americans' Health Savings Accounts to pay for health care rather than sending funds to insurance companies through the Affordable Care Act.
Meanwhile, the Senate voted Sunday night on a test vote that would fund the government through Jan. 31 and end the 40-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. Enough Democrats voted to pass the bill.
And the Department of Agriculture in a late Saturday night memo ordered states to reverse any steps they've taken to issue SNAP benefits and threatened to impose financial penalties on states that do not “comply” quickly.
The Senate is scheduled to reconvene at 3 p.m. on Monday, as the shutdown of the federal government approaches a record set during President Donald Trump’s first term.
Monday marks the 34th day of the shutdown, which is now the second-longest in U.S. history. A 35-day record was set between December 2018 to January 2019.
