US EditionFour House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies, bucking GOP leadership
The bipartisan petition reached the 218 signatures required to force a House vote on a three-year extension of ACA subsidies affecting 20 million Americans, defying GOP leadership.
- On Wednesday morning, Republican Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Robert Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie signed a Democrats' ACA discharge petition, defying Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leadership.
- With the enhanced ACA cost-sharing subsidies slated to expire on December 31, House Democrats filed a petition to secure a three-year extension after Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, blocked a vote.
- Under House rules, signatories must wait at least seven legislative days to recognize the discharge petition, then House leadership has two days to respond, so immediate action does not occur.
- Analysts warn that without the subsidies, premiums for more than 20 million Americans could double and roughly four million Americans could become uninsured, straining hospitals and insurers nationwide.
- Speaker Mike Johnson said to CNBC's `Squawk Box` that `doing an end-run around the majority party, the Speaker or the regular process is not the best way to make law,` while GOP leadership is pursuing a separate healthcare bill and a reconciliation package in the first quarter of next year.
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JUST IN: Four Republicans Sign Onto Democratic Plan to Force a Vote on Obamacare Subsidies Before January 1 Expiration
Four House Republicans broke away from the GOP to force a vote extending expiring healthcare subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. This was one of the debates during the government shutdown that started in October and ended in November.
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