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Some moderate Senate Democrats say they are open to placing an income cap on eligibility for Affordable Care Act tax credits to help facilitate a deal with Republicans. (Sullivan, 10/8)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that Republicans don’t want to change a law requiring hospitals to provide care to any individual experiencing a medical emergency, including immigrants without legal status. His remarks capped off more than a week of comments from Republican politicians related to the idea of undocumented immigrants receiving medical care. (Wilkerson, 10/8)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) traded pointed barbs in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday, after the moderate Republican confronted the Democratic leader about his opposition to a short-term extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Lawler approached Jeffries when he emerged from the House Democratic leadership press conference and repeatedly pressed the Democrat to sign on to a proposal that would extend the ObamaCare subsidies by one year, which Jeffries earlier dismissed as a “nonstarter.” (Fortinsky, 10/8)

At the heart of the fight that has shut the federal government are health-insurance subsidies that help people like Khadija B. Wallace—a swing voter in a battleground state. Wallace runs the catering company she founded in Ypsilanti, Mich., and she relies on the federal help to cover most of the monthly $560 premium for her Affordable Care Act health plan. She has voted for both Republicans and Democrats in recent elections. (Wilde Mathews and Siddiqui, 10/8)

The eighth day of the federal government shutdown was marked by another round of failed votes on a pair of dueling funding bills. Here are four updates to know on the government shutdown as it entered its second week: For the sixth time, a pair of funding bills was rejected by the Senate, Politico reported Oct. 8. (Cass, 10/8)