Senate Democrats on Wednesday evening unveiled an ambitious proposal to fund the government past Sept. 30 that would restore the nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid made by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which could cause scores of rural and smaller hospitals around the country to close.

The 68-page proposal would also permanently extend the enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, a lapse in federal funding that could result in families seeing their premiums rise by hundreds or thousands of dollars.

The legislation would unfreeze funds that have been frozen by Trump’s budget director, Russell Vought, including the $5 billion in foreign aid targeted by the president’s pocket rescission.

It would also provide........

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