Congress weighs bill to pay 3 million troops facing missed paycheck

It's day eight of the government shutdown

A continuing resolution failed in the Senate for the sixth time. The government of the motion upon reconsideration is not agreed to

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

Otherwise, they'll miss a paycheck next week. Everybody should get paid. We don't need to be in this situation

But Republican leadership has made clear. If Democrats want troops to be paid next week

they need to vote to fund the government with a seven-week continuing resolution

It does us no good to be here dithering on show votes. A show vote? I can't imagine anything more disrespectful

All right, so the Senate voted today on two bills. The Republicans' continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government for seven weeks

and the Democrats' continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government and repeals Medicaid cuts that Republicans approved in July

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

Both of them failed. The House of Representatives remains out of session

There really isn't any progress being made on a negotiation. Democrats are trying to pressure Mike Johnson into bringing the House back to Washington

so lawmakers can vote on a bill to pay the troops. In a letter, 10 Democrats wrote

if Congress doesn't act, 3 million service members will miss a paycheck on October 15th

I believe that we should pay our men and women in uniform and I support the effort of our members to make sure that that takes place And shame on the Republicans for remaining on vacation and even refusing to pay our troops because of their continued effort to gut the health care of the American people

With regard to paying the troops, I want everybody to listen to me very carefully

Hakeem Jeffries and the House Democrats, as Leader Scalise said so well, are clamoring

to get back here and have another vote because some of them want to get on record and say they're for paying the troops

We already had that vote. It's called the CR. Every Republican and at least one Democrat had the common sense to say

of course we want the government to stay in operation. Of course we want to pay our troops

Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to pressure Democrats to agree to a one-year extension

of Obamacare premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year

Without this extension, it's projected that premiums will skyrocket for many Americans

who get their health insurance through the online federal marketplace. But not all Republicans support an extension because they believe the program is too expensive and was only expanded due to COVID

Congressman Mike Lawler is walking his bill around trying to get Democrats to sign on as sponsors

What's going on? You're not doing a job right now. Oh, you mean the bill that I'm signed on to to extend it

Oh, yeah. We actually have put forth legislation to do it. You guys just keep pontificating

How about you go down the floor and go home to open the government up? Democrats call that proposal a non-starter. They say the tax credit should be made permanent

I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more unbiased reporting straight from our nation's

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