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 passes GOP health care bill without ObamaCare subsidy extension
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...
Moderate GOP rebels plot next steps on ObamaCare subsidies with senators
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...
Lawler on discharge petition: ‘This is not an indictment’ of Johnson
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said that adding his name to a discharge petition to force the House to vote on extending soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies for three years "is not an indictment" of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). "This is not an indictment of him," Lawler told CNN's Dana Bash. "He has a very difficult...
Fitzpatrick says GOP leaders demanded ‘poison pill’ to sink ObamaCare push
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...
These 4 rogue Republicans joined Democrats’ ObamaCare discharge petition
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....
GOP centrists buck leadership on ObamaCare subsidies; White House does damage control
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Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on bill that would extend Obamacare subsidies
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Johnson says he has ‘not lost control of the House’ after moderates launch major rebellion
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday insisted that he has not lost control of the lower chamber of Congress in the wake of four Republican moderates mounting a major rebellion by joining with Democrats to force a vote on extending expiring ObamaCare subsidies. “I have not lost control of the House, no,” Johnson said when...
Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on bill that would extend Obamacare subsidies
Stunning move comes after House Republicans pushed ahead with bill that doesn’t address soaring premiums if Affordable Care Act tax credits expire
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In a major setback for Mike Johnson and the House GOP, four Republicans have joined with the Democrats to sign a petition forcing a vote on legislation that will extend for three years premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act healthcare plans.
The rebellion underscores the ...