GOP strategists helped boost Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Texas Senate bid through polling, viewing her as more beatable than other Democratic contenders.

Two bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster and advance Thursday. Congress has no deal ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to avoid premium hikes under Obamacare.

U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill on Thursday that would create new federal subsidies to help Americans fund health insurance savings accounts. The proposal was Senate Republicans' solution to address rising healthcare premiums in the new year.

Senate Republicans' proposal to replace expiring Obamacare premium subsidies with pre-funded health savings accounts (HSAs) failed as lawmakers face year-end deadline.

With the tax credits' expiration looming, some Republicans are defying party leaders and supporting extension bills.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday would not commit to a vote on a GOP health care proposal this week with key Affordable Care Act subsidies soon to expire.

Bipartisan House lawmakers push Senate to reverse Trump's federal worker union order as Rep. Jared Golden's bill gains GOP support in rare bipartisan move.