12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. Happy Wednesday. Christmas Eve is one week from today!! 🎄To keep you updated on my holiday baking journey, today I’m making Alvin Zhou’s 100-hour brownies. In today's issue: • 4 Republicans defy GOP, force ObamaCare vote (!) • White House does damage control • Trump doubles...
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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 ...
House advances GOP health care package that doesn’t include ObamaCare subsidy extension
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...
GOP centrists push Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition to 218-signature threshold
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...
GOP centrists sign onto Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition in major act of defiance
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...
Live updates: Trump addresses nation; House passes GOP health care plan with support of moderates
President Trump is addressing the nation during primetime on Wednesday evening from the Diplomatic Reception Room. He began his speech talking about how his administration "inherited a mess" with the remarks also touching on immigration. The House passed a partisan health care bill that didn't include an extension of ObamaCare tax subsidies on Wednesday evening,...
How the long-running Obamacare fight came to thwart enhanced subsidies in Congress
Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.
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House won’t vote on ObamaCare amendments after heated committee meeting
Republicans on the House Rules Committee on Tuesday shut the door on amendments to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, effectively setting the stage for a surge in health insurance premiums as Congress leaves for winter recess later this week. A group of moderate Republicans offered the amendments during a committee debate on a...