US EditionFour House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies, bucking GOP leadership
Four moderate Republicans joined all Democrats to force a House vote on extending ACA subsidies for three years, aiming to prevent premium costs from more than doubling, KFF reported.
- 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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U.S. House members force vote on ACA subsidies
WEST VIRGINIA (WVNS) - Four House Republicans broke rank to force a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies. A petition from House Democrats to bring the issue to a vote in January proved successful. The development came just weeks before healthcare rates are expected to skyrocket for millions of Affordable Care Act policy [...]
Moderate House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the U.S. House will face a floor vote in early 2026 on Democrats’ plan to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three more years, after passing their own legislation Wednesday night that has little chance of a future in the Senate and does not address the tax credits. The House vote on that legislation …
Four Republicans Join Dems to Sign Discharge Petition Forcing Obamacare Subsidy Extension Vote
A discharge petition to force a vote on an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire passed the House on Wednesday. The post Centrist Republicans Join Democrats to Sign Discharge Petition Forcing Obamacare Subsidy Extension Vote appeared first on Breitbart.
4 GOP Reps Join Discharge Petition Forcing ACA Vote
Source: Heather Diehl / Getty When it comes to the Republican Party, it feels like the girls are always fighting. The latest instance of Republican infighting centers on extensions to subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. After the House Rules Committee blocked an amendment to a Republican health care bill that would extend the subsidies, four moderate Republicans signed a discharge petition, bringing the extension to a vote. According to NBC …
Obamacare subsidy extension to get House vote after enough Republicans join discharge petition
House Democrats' bill to extend enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies for three years will get a vote after four swing-district Republicans joined them on a discharge petition to force action.
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