US EditionFour House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies, bucking GOP leadership
- On Wednesday, four frontline House Republicans including Mike Lawler, Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie signed a Democratic-led discharge petition forcing a House floor vote on extending expanded ACA tax credits, rebuking House Speaker Mike Johnson and forcing leadership to concede a January vote.
- A tentative deal collapsed in the last 48 hours after House GOP leaders excluded the subsidy extension and the House Rules Committee rejected centrists' amendments.
- Any Senate route requires 60 votes, but the Senate last week rejected a clean extension and moderates like Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Senator , and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator , remain a small minority.
- Frontline Republicans argue the move protects swing-district members, Speaker Mike Johnson conceded a January floor week vote, and lawmakers warn of a chaotic start to the legislative year for the House GOP conference.
- With no consensus, frontline Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote, contradicting GOP leaders' stance on pay-fors and reforms.
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Congress abandons healthcare negotiations, will let ACA subsidies expire
The flashpoint of the 119th Congress will not be addressed this year. Lawmakers will head home for the holidays without a vote on extending ACA health subsidies. The House and the Senate are set to take their last votes today before recessing for the year. A vote on the extension of COVID-era subsidies is not on the official schedule. The subsidies are set to expire on December 31. That means Congress will wait until January to address a guarant…
Democrats Demand Vote on ACA Credits Before House Recesses for Holidays - The Thinking Conservative News
House Democrats on Dec. 18 urged Speaker Mike Johnson to bring a bill extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to the House floor before the holiday recess. The post Democrats Demand Vote on ACA Credits Before House Recesses for Holidays appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Nice Time: Four House Republicans Defy Mike Johnson To Force Obamacare Subsidy Vote
In one of the greatest loosenings of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s grip since his family installed Covenant Eyes, Republicans are revolting! Now, a day after the end of Affordable Care Act open enrollment, four of them — Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania, and Mike Lawler of New York — have defied Johnson’s orders to euthanize the issue and signed a discharge petition, forcing a vote on a three-year extension o…
Four Republicans break with leadership on ACA
WASHINGTON — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and joined a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of…
Four GOP Lawmakers Sign House Democrats' Petition to Force Vote on Extension of ACA Subsidies
Four Republicans serving in the United States House of Representatives broke with party leadership Wednesday to sign onto a Democrat-led petition forcing a vote on extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year. Because the petition was able to meet the minimum signature threshold, it is [...] The post Four GOP Lawmakers Sign House Democrats’ Petition to Force Vote on Extension of ACA Subsidi…
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