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Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend ACA subsidies and a GOP alternative that would have created health savings accounts.
The Senate will vote this week on a GOP bill to put money in health savings accounts, as well as a Democratic bill to extend the expiring ACA subsidies. Both are expected to fail.
Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led measure alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring tax credits.
The alliance is a "Cold War relic," said Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
The Senate rejected two health care bills, as the U.S. barrels toward a cliff with steep premium hikes for millions of Americans on Obamacare.
Rep. Ashley Hinson has developed a package of bills aimed at helping new mothers financially navigate pregnancy and childbirth.
The House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on the bi-partisan $900 billion defense policy bill, and Republicans say it will pass.