Top House Democrats on Thursday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold an immediate vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. The Democrats succeeded this week in forcing a vote on a three-year extension of the ObamaCare tax credits when four centrist...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story ACA subsidies set to expire. Moderate Republicans rebel Congress is poised to leave town for the rest of the year without addressing the ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, letting them expire on Dec. 31. But a group of House moderates is forcing Speaker Mike Johnson...
House Republicans on Wednesday passed a partisan package of health care policies designed to provide a conservative alternative to extending the expiring ObamaCare subsidies. The legislation has little chance of passing through the Senate, however, and it does not address the cost cliff that’s expected to hit 22 million Americans when the enhanced Affordable Care...
House GOP moderates on Wednesday privately huddled with a bipartisan group of senators to begin plotting the next steps on extending the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies. The meeting came after four Republicans broke ranks and signed a Democratic-led discharge petition, pushing it to the 218 signatures required to force a vote on extending the...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Wednesday that GOP leaders tailored the debate around a series of Republican ObamaCare amendments to ensure they would fail. “Fear of a bill getting 218 votes on the floor is not a reason to keep it off,” Fitzpatrick said. “It's a reason to put it on the floor.” Fitzpatrick is...
Four Republicans joined 214 Democrats in signing a discharge petition to force a vote on extending expiring subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The petition, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), calls for a floor vote on a three-year extension of the credits, which lapse on Dec. 31. By signing, Reps....
The House advanced a GOP health care bill Wednesday, even as moderate Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies in an act of defiance against leadership. The vote was 213-209. Rep. Jen Kiggans (Va.) was the only Republican to vote no. The GOP package would not address the expiring...
Disgruntled centrist Republicans raced on Wednesday to sign a Democratic discharge petition extending ObamaCare subsidies for three years, providing the definitive 218 signatures to force a vote on the bill over the opposition of GOP leaders. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) and Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.) went to the chamber floor...
Centrist GOP Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Robert Bresnahan (R-Pa.) signed a discharge petition led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to force a vote on extending expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies for three years — amounting to a major act of defiance against Republican leadership. Their signatures bring the petition within...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Republicans ready to jump off ObamaCare cliff Republicans are gearing up to let enhanced ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the month. The deadline was Monday for people on Affordable Care Act plans who want to enroll in coverage...