A comparison of tentative House and Senate plans:
Ending the government shutdown
Plans would reopen the government immediately. Senate would fund agencies through Jan. 15; House through Dec. 15.
Extending the debt limit
Plans would extend it through Feb. 7. While the Senate plan preserves the Treasury secretary’s ability to shift funds among various accounts to let government pay bills for brief periods once the debt limit is reached, the House plan prohibits it.
Resolving longer-term spending and budget issues
The Senate plan call for House-Senate negotiations later this year, with a report by mid-December, while the House plan contains no such language.
Changes to health care law
Senate plan: No major changes. New procedures for verifying incomes of recipients of federal health insurance subsidies to make sure they qualify.
House plan: No major changes. President, vice president, Cabinet secretaries and other administration appointees, members of Congress and congressional staff would lose the federal contribution that helps them pay health insurance premiums.
— Associated Press
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