The Senate on Thursday rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

The failed Democratic bill would have extended the COVID-era subsidies for three years, while the GOP alternative would have replaced the subsidies with new health savings accounts.

The subsidies run dry in three weeks , at which point some Affordable Care Act enrollees see their premium costs more than double.

Meanwhile, at a Senate committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities , Republicans defended the deployments as necessary to fight lawlessness and Democrats called it an extraordinary abuse of military power that vi

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