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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Democrats erupted into a shouting match with Republicans after Speaker Mike Johnson shut down a House vote before they had a chance to cast theirs.On Wednesday, enough Republican lawmakers signed onto a discharge petition forcing a vote over extending subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. Johnson has long opposed this and refused to bring the bill up for a vote. However, with four GOP members willing to sign onto the petition, the vote was forc…
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