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Oct 1 2023
07:48 am
According to the Associated Press, the bill would fund the government until Nov. 17.
A total of 91 representatives voted against the bipartisan deal, including four Tennessee Republicans who represent Middle Tennessee:
Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) voted nay
Diana Harshbarger (R-Kingsport) voted nay
Mark Green of Clarksville
Andy Ogles of Columbia
John Rose of Cookeville
Scott DesJarlais of Murfreesboro
Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) voted yea
Charles J. Fleischman (R-Chattanooga) voted yea
David Kustoff (R-Germantown) voted yea
The bill was passed by Congress just after 8 p.m. Central.
Both Senator Marsha Blackburn and Senator Bill Hagerty were two out of nine U.S. lawmakers in the Senate who voted against the bill.
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Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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