US EditionHouse Passes Three-Year ACA Subsidy Extension, with 17 Republicans Voting in Favor
The House voted 230-196 to extend ACA premium subsidies for three years, with 17 Republicans joining Democrats; the bill now awaits uncertain Senate approval amid ongoing bipartisan talks.
- On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, with 17 House Republicans joining all Democrats to secure 230 votes.
- Because the enhanced subsidies expired at the end of December, at least 20 million Americans faced rising premiums while ACA marketplace open enrollment runs through January 15.
- A discharge petition forced the measure to the floor after nine Republicans signed it and four—Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick , Mike Lawler , Rob Bresnahan , and Ryan Mackenzie —pushed it past 218.
- Now the bill moves to the U.S. Senate, where its future is unclear as Senate Majority Leader John Thune said senators want reforms and a bipartisan Senate working group seeks 60 votes.
- Politically, the 17 House Republicans from swing districts could shape the 2026 midterm elections, while momentum reflects that the tax breaks helped some 22 million Americans obtain health insurance.
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All 4 Arkansas Republican Congressman vote against Healthcare subsidy extension
By: Jennifer Shutt, The Arkansas Advocate WASHINGTON Arkansas Congressmen opposed the now approved U.S. House bipartisan bill Thursday to resurrect the enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of last year for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The 230-196 vote sends the legislation to the Senate, where Republican leadership is unlikely to put it on the floor without considerable changes, w…
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By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | January 08, 2026 The House of Representatives passed a three-year extension of COVID-19-era premium tax credits on Thursday, as a group of Republicans defied House leadership to back the Democrat-led measure. The extension passed by a 230-196 margin, with 17 Republicans joining 213 Democrats in voting for a policy which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the majority of the House Republican confe…
House approves ACA credits in rebuke to GOP leaders
What happenedThe House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Democratic proposal to resurrect expired Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years. Seventeen “renegade GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat” in the 230-196 vote, The Associated Press said, significantly more than the four Republicans who helped force the bill onto the floor by signing a discharge petition last month. “The GOP revolt was bigger than anticipated,” Politico said, …
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