Senate Rejects Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies

Both procedural votes fell largely along party lines.

(Left) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). (Right) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The Senate on Dec. 11 rejected a pair of competing health care measures aimed at addressing expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Both procedural votes ran largely along party lines, with neither proposal gaining the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber.