In a shocking blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, 4 GOP lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to again a Democratic push to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies.
Those 4 GOP centrists — New York Rep. Mike Lawler and Pennsylvania Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan — have formally opted for what they’ve been describing because the nuclear choice.
By signing onto Democrats’ procedural maneuver to power a ground vote on their proposed three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credit, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries now has the 218 signatures wanted assure a vote beneath discharge petition guidelines. That ground vote can’t be compelled till January, nevertheless, beneath those self same guidelines.
Those identical 4 centrists have criticized Democrat’ plan as flawed. But in an indication of desperation, the sometimes leadership-aligned centrists selected to defy Johnson and signal onto Democrats’ push slightly than enable the improved subsidies to expire at yr’s finish.
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