U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
@shaheen.senate.gov
Proud Granite Stater serving New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate. Former Governor. Mother & Grandmother. Pats & Red Sox Fan. Outdoor enthusiast.
We must keep millions of Americans from losing health care coverage in the coming months.
It’s not too late for Republicans to join Democrats in extending the ACA tax credits that help Americans afford health care coverage. I know many of my colleagues across the aisle agree.
It’s not too late for Republicans to join Democrats in extending the ACA tax credits that help Americans afford health care coverage. I know many of my colleagues across the aisle agree.
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We must keep millions of Americans from losing health care coverage in the coming months.
It’s not too late for Republicans to join Democrats in extending the ACA tax credits that help Americans afford health care coverage. I know many of my colleagues across the aisle agree.
It’s not too late for Republicans to join Democrats in extending the ACA tax credits that help Americans afford health care coverage. I know many of my colleagues across the aisle agree.
Health care centers across NH are facing a workforce shortage.
I’m urging the Department of Education to add graduate nursing to its professional programs list because limiting pathways to education for those pursuing nursing is bad policy and insulting to the life-saving care nurses provide.
I’m urging the Department of Education to add graduate nursing to its professional programs list because limiting pathways to education for those pursuing nursing is bad policy and insulting to the life-saving care nurses provide.
Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list
Under new rules proposed by the Trump administration, students in graduate programs deemed professional could borrow up to $200,000 for their degrees in total, and up to $50,000 a year.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Health care centers across NH are facing a workforce shortage.
I’m urging the Department of Education to add graduate nursing to its professional programs list because limiting pathways to education for those pursuing nursing is bad policy and insulting to the life-saving care nurses provide.
I’m urging the Department of Education to add graduate nursing to its professional programs list because limiting pathways to education for those pursuing nursing is bad policy and insulting to the life-saving care nurses provide.
If the ACA tax credits expire, America's farmers—who are already facing an affordability crisis from the President's tariffs—will also face higher health care costs.
Congress must come together to extend the tax credits to give farmers some real relief.
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Congress must come together to extend the tax credits to give farmers some real relief.
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Farmers say Trump's payment isn't enough amid rising health care costs
President Trump announced $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers as they adjust to increased tariffs on exports. Some farmers say even with that help they still face rising health care costs.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If the ACA tax credits expire, America's farmers—who are already facing an affordability crisis from the President's tariffs—will also face higher health care costs.
Congress must come together to extend the tax credits to give farmers some real relief.
www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...
Congress must come together to extend the tax credits to give farmers some real relief.
www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...
The Senate passed the annual bipartisan defense legislation, which includes measures I led to exempt public shipyards from hiring disruptions, limit the spread of PFAS in military communities, place checks on the Administration and more.
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Senate Passes Shaheen-Shaped Annual Defense Bill with Significant National Security and New Hampshire Priorities | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
**A top member of the Armed Services Committee, Shaheen built on her years-long legacy of securing...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Senate passed the annual bipartisan defense legislation, which includes measures I led to exempt public shipyards from hiring disruptions, limit the spread of PFAS in military communities, place checks on the Administration and more.
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Granite State hospitals are already struggling to get by and cuts to Medicaid included in President Trump's Big Betrayal Bill are making it even more challenging.
That means higher health care costs and fewer options for Granite Staters.
That means higher health care costs and fewer options for Granite Staters.
N.H. hospitals are struggling with rising expenses and workforce shortages, new report finds - The Boston Globe
Seven hospitals in the state operated at a loss in 2024, the report found, including four rural critical access hospitals.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Granite State hospitals are already struggling to get by and cuts to Medicaid included in President Trump's Big Betrayal Bill are making it even more challenging.
That means higher health care costs and fewer options for Granite Staters.
That means higher health care costs and fewer options for Granite Staters.
With the ACA tax credits expiring in just weeks, we must keep working to find a solution that will help millions of Americans afford their health insurance premiums.
I’m going to pursue every possibility to reduce health care costs for families.
I’m going to pursue every possibility to reduce health care costs for families.
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With the ACA tax credits expiring in just weeks, we must keep working to find a solution that will help millions of Americans afford their health insurance premiums.
I’m going to pursue every possibility to reduce health care costs for families.
I’m going to pursue every possibility to reduce health care costs for families.
🚨 Today is the last day to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for coverage beginning on January 1, 2026.
You can browse health care plans and enroll on healthcare.gov.
You can browse health care plans and enroll on healthcare.gov.
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®. Official government website.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚨 Today is the last day to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for coverage beginning on January 1, 2026.
You can browse health care plans and enroll on healthcare.gov.
You can browse health care plans and enroll on healthcare.gov.
Today marks 3 years since the historic Respect for Marriage Act was signed into law, enshrining long-overdue protections for same-sex and interracial couples.
We must continue to uphold our nation's core freedoms, including the fundamental right to love who you love.
We must continue to uphold our nation's core freedoms, including the fundamental right to love who you love.
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today marks 3 years since the historic Respect for Marriage Act was signed into law, enshrining long-overdue protections for same-sex and interracial couples.
We must continue to uphold our nation's core freedoms, including the fundamental right to love who you love.
We must continue to uphold our nation's core freedoms, including the fundamental right to love who you love.
Granite Staters: With temperatures dropping and prices rising, help is available to cover the cost of heating bills.
Apply now for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help ease utility costs this winter.
Learn more⬇️
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Apply now for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help ease utility costs this winter.
Learn more⬇️
www.capnh.org
Community Action Partnership of NH
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December 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Granite Staters: With temperatures dropping and prices rising, help is available to cover the cost of heating bills.
Apply now for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help ease utility costs this winter.
Learn more⬇️
www.capnh.org
Apply now for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help ease utility costs this winter.
Learn more⬇️
www.capnh.org
Today, my Republican colleagues voted against preventing health care costs from spiking for tens of millions of Americans.
There’s no mystery now about who is fighting to ensure health care is affordable for the American people.
My full statement: www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/s...
There’s no mystery now about who is fighting to ensure health care is affordable for the American people.
My full statement: www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/s...
Shaheen Statement on Vote for Senate Democrats Bill to Protect Health Care Costs from Skyrocketing | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), author of bicameral legislation to...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today, my Republican colleagues voted against preventing health care costs from spiking for tens of millions of Americans.
There’s no mystery now about who is fighting to ensure health care is affordable for the American people.
My full statement: www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/s...
There’s no mystery now about who is fighting to ensure health care is affordable for the American people.
My full statement: www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/s...
Yesterday @markwarner.bsky.social and I came together to highlight the disastrous consequences of inaction on the ACA tax credits.
We heard from folks who are already feeling the pain of skyrocketing premiums.
This crisis is preventable if Republicans join us to extend the tax credits.
We heard from folks who are already feeling the pain of skyrocketing premiums.
This crisis is preventable if Republicans join us to extend the tax credits.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yesterday @markwarner.bsky.social and I came together to highlight the disastrous consequences of inaction on the ACA tax credits.
We heard from folks who are already feeling the pain of skyrocketing premiums.
This crisis is preventable if Republicans join us to extend the tax credits.
We heard from folks who are already feeling the pain of skyrocketing premiums.
This crisis is preventable if Republicans join us to extend the tax credits.
If you think you won't be impacted by the expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, think again.
4 million newly uninsured Americans will impact the entire health care system, raising costs for everyone and making it harder for health care providers to treat you.
4 million newly uninsured Americans will impact the entire health care system, raising costs for everyone and making it harder for health care providers to treat you.
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you think you won't be impacted by the expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, think again.
4 million newly uninsured Americans will impact the entire health care system, raising costs for everyone and making it harder for health care providers to treat you.
4 million newly uninsured Americans will impact the entire health care system, raising costs for everyone and making it harder for health care providers to treat you.
I’m headed to the Senate floor to call on my Republican colleagues to join Democrats in voting to extend the ACA tax credits families rely on to afford health care.
Millions are counting on Congress to come together and get this done. Tune in. ⬇️
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Millions are counting on Congress to come together and get this done. Tune in. ⬇️
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December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m headed to the Senate floor to call on my Republican colleagues to join Democrats in voting to extend the ACA tax credits families rely on to afford health care.
Millions are counting on Congress to come together and get this done. Tune in. ⬇️
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Millions are counting on Congress to come together and get this done. Tune in. ⬇️
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Reposted by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about [and] haven't supported."
Sen. Shaheen joins Sam Stein to discuss the latest developments surrounding Venezuela. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzV0Sq?utm_...
Sen. Shaheen joins Sam Stein to discuss the latest developments surrounding Venezuela. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzV0Sq?utm_...
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about [and] haven't supported."
Sen. Shaheen joins Sam Stein to discuss the latest developments surrounding Venezuela. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzV0Sq?utm_...
Sen. Shaheen joins Sam Stein to discuss the latest developments surrounding Venezuela. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzV0Sq?utm_...
On the Senate floor today, Republicans will face a very simple choice: Will you vote to extend the ACA tax credits or will you allow millions of Americans to lose coverage?
Americans are watching—and if this vote fails they'll know who allowed their health care costs to skyrocket.
Americans are watching—and if this vote fails they'll know who allowed their health care costs to skyrocket.
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On the Senate floor today, Republicans will face a very simple choice: Will you vote to extend the ACA tax credits or will you allow millions of Americans to lose coverage?
Americans are watching—and if this vote fails they'll know who allowed their health care costs to skyrocket.
Americans are watching—and if this vote fails they'll know who allowed their health care costs to skyrocket.
"In the United States of America, access to affordable health care should not prevent anyone from starting a business, changing careers or being able to live the life of their choosing."
The ACA tax credits disproportionately benefit our small businesses. Congress must act.
The ACA tax credits disproportionately benefit our small businesses. Congress must act.
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"In the United States of America, access to affordable health care should not prevent anyone from starting a business, changing careers or being able to live the life of their choosing."
The ACA tax credits disproportionately benefit our small businesses. Congress must act.
The ACA tax credits disproportionately benefit our small businesses. Congress must act.
NOW: Joining my colleague @markwarner.bsky.social
to host a spotlight forum underscoring the urgent need for Congress to extend the soon-expiring ACA tax credits that allow tens of millions of Americans to afford health insurance.
Tune in ⬇️ x.com/SenateDems/s...
to host a spotlight forum underscoring the urgent need for Congress to extend the soon-expiring ACA tax credits that allow tens of millions of Americans to afford health insurance.
Tune in ⬇️ x.com/SenateDems/s...
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NOW: Joining my colleague @markwarner.bsky.social
to host a spotlight forum underscoring the urgent need for Congress to extend the soon-expiring ACA tax credits that allow tens of millions of Americans to afford health insurance.
Tune in ⬇️ x.com/SenateDems/s...
to host a spotlight forum underscoring the urgent need for Congress to extend the soon-expiring ACA tax credits that allow tens of millions of Americans to afford health insurance.
Tune in ⬇️ x.com/SenateDems/s...
I was proud to lead the promotion ceremony for our excellent 2025 Defense Legislative Fellow.
Congrats on your promotion, Justin! Thank you for being a stellar member of our team this past year and for your continued service to our nation - best of luck on your next mission.
Congrats on your promotion, Justin! Thank you for being a stellar member of our team this past year and for your continued service to our nation - best of luck on your next mission.
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I was proud to lead the promotion ceremony for our excellent 2025 Defense Legislative Fellow.
Congrats on your promotion, Justin! Thank you for being a stellar member of our team this past year and for your continued service to our nation - best of luck on your next mission.
Congrats on your promotion, Justin! Thank you for being a stellar member of our team this past year and for your continued service to our nation - best of luck on your next mission.
There will be catastrophic consequences if Republicans don't join us to extend the ACA tax credits.
This is not about achieving a political victory for one party or the other – it's about coming together to act in the best interest of the American people.
This is not about achieving a political victory for one party or the other – it's about coming together to act in the best interest of the American people.
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There will be catastrophic consequences if Republicans don't join us to extend the ACA tax credits.
This is not about achieving a political victory for one party or the other – it's about coming together to act in the best interest of the American people.
This is not about achieving a political victory for one party or the other – it's about coming together to act in the best interest of the American people.
When workers have affordable health insurance, they get healthy and stay healthy which benefits their communities and our economy.
4 million Americans are expected to lose coverage if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire and that shock will be felt by everyone.
4 million Americans are expected to lose coverage if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire and that shock will be felt by everyone.
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When workers have affordable health insurance, they get healthy and stay healthy which benefits their communities and our economy.
4 million Americans are expected to lose coverage if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire and that shock will be felt by everyone.
4 million Americans are expected to lose coverage if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire and that shock will be felt by everyone.
Congress must extend the ACA tax credits that are a lifeline for millions of families.
That’s exactly what the Democratic plan would do by providing the certainty of these tax credits for another 3 years. I urge my Republican colleagues to join us to advance this proposal.
That’s exactly what the Democratic plan would do by providing the certainty of these tax credits for another 3 years. I urge my Republican colleagues to join us to advance this proposal.
If Democrats’ bill to extend the ACA tax credits becomes law, it will accomplish the most important thing we can do right now:
Prevent skyrocketing health care costs for Americans.
Prevent skyrocketing health care costs for Americans.
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Congress must extend the ACA tax credits that are a lifeline for millions of families.
That’s exactly what the Democratic plan would do by providing the certainty of these tax credits for another 3 years. I urge my Republican colleagues to join us to advance this proposal.
That’s exactly what the Democratic plan would do by providing the certainty of these tax credits for another 3 years. I urge my Republican colleagues to join us to advance this proposal.
Support for the ACA tax credits has reached an all-time high of 57%, including 63% among independents.
There’s still time to find a solution and prevent premiums from skyrocketing. My Republican colleagues should heed this Gallup poll and join with us to extend the tax credits.
There’s still time to find a solution and prevent premiums from skyrocketing. My Republican colleagues should heed this Gallup poll and join with us to extend the tax credits.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Support for the ACA tax credits has reached an all-time high of 57%, including 63% among independents.
There’s still time to find a solution and prevent premiums from skyrocketing. My Republican colleagues should heed this Gallup poll and join with us to extend the tax credits.
There’s still time to find a solution and prevent premiums from skyrocketing. My Republican colleagues should heed this Gallup poll and join with us to extend the tax credits.
Tens of millions of Americans are currently signing up for health insurance coverage through the ACA Marketplace.
They're facing staggering premium increases because Republicans in Congress and in the White House refuse to extend the vital ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
They're facing staggering premium increases because Republicans in Congress and in the White House refuse to extend the vital ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tens of millions of Americans are currently signing up for health insurance coverage through the ACA Marketplace.
They're facing staggering premium increases because Republicans in Congress and in the White House refuse to extend the vital ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
They're facing staggering premium increases because Republicans in Congress and in the White House refuse to extend the vital ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
The 13th Amendment ended the evil of slavery in America, and its anniversary reminds us that the work of equality is never finished.
Today, we honor this milestone by recommitting ourselves to dignity, fairness and opportunity for all.
Today, we honor this milestone by recommitting ourselves to dignity, fairness and opportunity for all.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The 13th Amendment ended the evil of slavery in America, and its anniversary reminds us that the work of equality is never finished.
Today, we honor this milestone by recommitting ourselves to dignity, fairness and opportunity for all.
Today, we honor this milestone by recommitting ourselves to dignity, fairness and opportunity for all.
Whether you're a Republican or Democrat, the soaring cost of health care impacts everyone.
Republicans need to join us to extend the ACA tax credits that help bring down premium costs before it's too late. The President’s own pollsters have underscored the political urgency.
Republicans need to join us to extend the ACA tax credits that help bring down premium costs before it's too late. The President’s own pollsters have underscored the political urgency.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Whether you're a Republican or Democrat, the soaring cost of health care impacts everyone.
Republicans need to join us to extend the ACA tax credits that help bring down premium costs before it's too late. The President’s own pollsters have underscored the political urgency.
Republicans need to join us to extend the ACA tax credits that help bring down premium costs before it's too late. The President’s own pollsters have underscored the political urgency.