AXIOS December 16, 2025
House GOP moderates are threatening to cut a deal with Democrats after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ruled out giving them a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Why it matters: House moderates, some in tough reelection fights, feel they need to do something on the subsidies, but they’re nowhere close to convincing their leadership.
- The House is set to vote Wednesday on a “consensus” GOP health care package, but an ACA fix is not likely to be among what passes.
Driving the news: “It’s idiotic, it’s political malpractice,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) told reporters Tuesday of Johnson refusing to give them an ACA extension vote.
- Lawler, along with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and...
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