Senate to Vote on Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies

Both proposals appear likely to fall short of a required 60-vote threshold, though lawmakers from both parties are seeking common ground.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).

WASHINGTON—The Senate is poised for a Dec. 11 vote on competing measures to resolve the standoff over extending the expiring subsidies for Obamacare.

Both are likely to fall along party lines, and to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation in the Senate.