redstate.com By Joe Cunningham
In a long vote made longer by Texas Senator John Cornyn’s absence from D.C. until late Sunday night, a new funding bill has passed the U.S. Senate and heads for the House of Representatives.
The deal, which got support from eight Democrats, is part of a package meant to reopen the government, fund SNAP benefits, begin the appropriations process, and even secure a future vote for extending Affordable Care Act subsidies. The text of the bill can be found here.
What’s in the Deal?
In exchange for their support of a bill to re-open the federal government, the seven Democrats were promised a future vote on continued government subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. Those subsidies have been at the heart of the Democrats’ overall objection to the clean continuing resolution passed through the House but stuck in the Senate since September…
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