House passes last-minute GOP healthcare bill
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s usual calm expression hardened last week after learning that a handful of Republicans had joined a Democratic effort to force a vote on extending
Four moderate Republicans in the House sided with Democrats and signed onto a discharge petition to force consideration of a clean three-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax
Four moderate Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to join Democrats in forcing vote on ACA subsidies, creating bipartisan push to extend Obamacare benefits.
The enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies are still expected to expire at the end of this year, however, raising insurance premiums for millions of people.
Johnson faces latest challenge as GOP attempts to move forward with package to lower health care costs but ignores bipartisan calls to extend Obamacare subsidies.
House Republican Mike Lawler calls party leadership "idiotic" for not holding a vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies.
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