US Lawmakers Prepare for Budget Debate Over Health Care Law
09/06/2013
Demonstrators for and against the Affordable Health Act protest in Washington
From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is.
Welcome to the program. I’m Caty Weaver.
President Obama, the United States Congress and the American people face another federal budget dispute this month. We talk about one part of the debate that could shut down the government.
Later, we tell about President Obama’s visit to Sweden this week.
The Health Care Law Debate Continues
The United States Congress has returned to official business following a break in August. Lawmakers this month face a decision on how to continue financing the federal government. Mario Ritter reports.
October 1st is the first day of the government’s fiscal, or spending, year. A group of Republican Party lawmakers is threatening to force federal agencies to suspend operations. They say they will not approve a spending bill unless Congress denies money for the health care law, known as the Affordable Care Act.
President Obama signed the act into law in 2010. But the battle over its enactment continues. Groups for and against the law have purchased television advertising in hopes of winning public support.
“It is nice to see somebody is looking out for the little guy. The law works.”
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