Congress weighs bill to pay 3 million troops facing missed paycheck

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00:00It's day eight of the government shutdown.

00:02A continuing resolution failed in the Senate for the sixth time.

00:05The government of the motion upon reconsideration is not agreed to.

00:09Now there's talk of a bill to make sure members of the military get paid,

00:13otherwise they'll miss a paycheck next week.

00:15Everybody should get paid. We don't need to be in this situation.

00:19But Republican leadership has made clear, if Democrats want troops to be paid next week,

00:24they need to vote to fund the government with a seven-week continuing resolution.

00:28It does us no good to be here dithering on show votes.

00:31A show vote? I can't imagine anything more disrespectful.

00:38All right, so the Senate voted today on two bills.

00:41The Republicans' continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government for seven weeks

00:46and the Democrats' continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government

00:50and repeals Medicaid cuts that Republicans approved in July

00:54and permanently extends Obamacare premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year.

01:01Both of them failed.

01:02The House of Representatives remains out of session.

01:05There really isn't any progress being made on a negotiation.

01:08Democrats are trying to pressure Mike Johnson into bringing the House back to Washington

01:12so lawmakers can vote on a bill to pay the troops.

01:15In a letter, 10 Democrats wrote, if Congress doesn't act,

01:19three million service members will miss a paycheck on October 15th.

01:22I believe that we should pay our men and women in uniform,

01:28and I support the effort of our members to make sure that that takes place.

01:32And shame on the Republicans for remaining on vacation

01:36and even refusing to pay our troops

01:40because of their continued effort to gut the health care of the American people.

01:47With regard to paying the troops, I want everybody to listen to me very carefully.

01:51Hakeem Jeffries and the House Democrats, as Leader Scalise said so well,

01:55are clamoring to get back here and have another vote

01:57because some of them want to get on record and say they're for paying the troops.

02:00We already had that vote.

02:02It's called the CR.

02:04Every Republican and at least one Democrat had the common sense to say,

02:07of course we want the government to stay in operation.

02:09Of course we want to pay our troops.

02:11Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to pressure Democrats

02:14to agree to a one-year extension of Obamacare premium tax credits

02:18that are set to expire at the end of the year.

02:21Without this extension, it's projected that premiums will skyrocket

02:25for many Americans who get their health insurance

02:28through the online federal marketplace.

02:30But not all Republicans support an extension

02:33because they believe the program is too expensive

02:35and was only expanded due to COVID.

02:38Congressman Mike Lawler is walking his bill around

02:40trying to get Democrats to sign on as sponsors.

02:43What's going to be your premiums?

02:44Oh, you mean the bill that I'm signed on to to extend it?

02:48Oh, yeah.

02:48We actually have put forth legislation to do it.

02:52You guys just keep pontificating.

02:54How about you go down the floor?

02:55Have they go home to open the government up?

02:57Democrats call that proposal a non-starter.

03:00They say the tax credit should be made permanent.

03:03I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News.

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