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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12h

As Trump & Republicans shut down the gov’t and try to ignore the health crisis they created, open enrollment starts on November 1.

Millions of Americans will soon have their premiums skyrocket – many will see it double.

Congress must act with urgency, but the GOP is playing partisan games.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 13h

I’m fighting to make health care more affordable for all Rhode Islanders.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 16h

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Leader Jeffries: A married couple that makes $85,000 per year currently may pay about $8,000 for their health insurance. That is already far too expensive. But that couple could see their premiums increase to $24,000 a year. They're going to lose their coverage or be forced into medical bankruptcy

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 4d

Can you and your family afford to pay double or even triple the price for health insurance? Trump and Republicans have let the government shut down instead of lowering the cost for American families.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 4d

Republicans are the only party prolonging this government shutdown, taking pleasure in it, and, in their own words: ‘dreaming’ of shutdown situation ‘since puberty.’ Gross!

GOP senator: Vought has been ‘dreaming’ of shutdown situation ‘since puberty’

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Wednesday said Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has been “dreaming” of this government shutdown “since puberty.” “OMB Director @russvought has…

thehill.com

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 4d

Democrats are fighting to help lower health costs & picking up more & more support. Looks like even a majority of MAGA now agrees w/ Dems & wants Trump to extend Obamacare tax credits.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 4d

These are the lowest cost insurance options for a 62 year old Georgian making $65k.

2025: $228
2026: $1142

She will lose $704/month in credits because of GOP cuts to health care.

This is a crisis. We cannot wait to fix this.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.

www.nbcnews.com

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

Trump Admin. is so desperate and partisan it’s altering civil servants’ email messages to try to mislead the public. But Americans are smart. They know Trump controls the gov’t & isn’t serving their best interests.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

Can you afford 2x or 3x your current health care costs? Trump is tripling ACA premiums for a 55-year-old couple making $85k a yr & doubling them for thousands of RIers.

Republicans should work with Democrats to lower health care prices & end Trump’s shutdown.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

Every American should be alarmed that Pres. Trump has decided he can wage secret wars against anyone he labels an enemy. Drug cartels must be stopped, but declaring war & ordering lethal military force without Congress or public knowledge - nor legal justification - is unacceptable.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: President Trump told Congress in a confidential notice that he had decided that the U.S. was in an “armed conflict” with certain drug cartels.

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

nyti.ms

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

Trump’s policies are hurting American workers & businesses. He's raising prices, killing job growth, sowing uncertainty & pushing America toward stagflation.

Now he's touting plans to fire more workers & halt development projects already underway.

Americans deserve better.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 6d

G’mar chatima tova! For everyone observing Yom Kippur, wishing you a meaningful & easy fast.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 6d

Americans are standing on a health care cliff.

More than 20 million Americans could see their premiums double.

Doctors, nurses, rural Americans, patients, and families are speaking out.

This isn’t political theater.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 6d

While Donald Trump demands cuts to health care for millions of Americans as his ransom to open the government back up, he’s sending $20 billion in U.S. tax dollars to Argentina to bail out his whacky far-right ally.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 6d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 6d

A Republican lie gets ripped to shreds.

FACT: No one in the U.S. illegally is eligible for federal Medicare, Medicaid, or ACA enhanced text credits.

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 7d

Republicans are shutting down the government rather than fixing the health care crisis THEY CREATED.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 7d

There is one reason the government is shutting down: Republicans and Trump have refused to work with Democrats to lower health care costs.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 7d

These are the types of hyper-partisan games House Republicans are playing in order to shut down the federal government and avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.

‘Swear Her in!’ Republican Frantically Adjourns House to Avoid Swearing in New Member to Duck Epstein Files Vote

Republicans swiftly adjourned the House session Tuesday as Democrats shouted for a newly-elected Democratic member to be sworn in.

www.mediaite.com

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 7d

The Trump shutdown is brought to you by Russell Vought & Project 2025. This is what Trump’s OMB chief said about federal workers: “We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 8d

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 8d

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 7d

It's the President's job to keep the government open— President Trump said so himself.

We can keep the government open and stop health care costs from rising even further, but only if he and congressional republicans are willing to negotiate.

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