All the People Congress Is Leaving Behind for Christmas
With the Republican tax cut passed and a shutdown deadline on Friday, lawmakers left Washington without long-term solutions for CHIP, DACA, or federal spending.
Updated on December 21 at 7:26 p.m. ET
Congress may be giving the nation a tax cut for Christmas, but it’s leaving the year-end wish lists of huge groups of constituents unfulfilled.
Lawmakers escaped Washington on Thursday after they passed a temporary spending bill more notable for what it lacked than what it contains. Millions of families won’t get a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which has been overdue for nearly three months. About 800,000 immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children won’t receive the
