Politico December 15, 2025
With Simon J. Levien and Amanda Chu
Driving the Day
COMPETING PROPOSALS — House Republican leaders have a plan to curb rising health care costs — and it doesn’t include an extension of the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. But vulnerable and moderate Republican members eager to support an extension might still get a shot to go on the record with a vote.
“The process” for considering House leadership’s package “will allow” a vote on an amendment to prevent the subsidies from lapsing Dec. 31, a House GOP leadership aide, granted anonymity to share the unannounced plans, told POLITICO’s Meredith Lee Hill. The package is expected to be put on the floor this week.
The move represents an...







