Hill December 12, 2025
Only a holiday miracle can prevent ObamaCare subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1, setting up a major health care fight next month when lawmakers turn their attention to a 2026 spending bill and another potential shutdown fight.
After dueling partisan bills failed in the Senate on Thursday, attention now turns to the House, where Republican leaders are teeing up a vote on yet another partisan health care package that does not include the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
Rank-and-file moderates in both parties are agitating for compromise, launching a pair of Hail Mary discharge petitions this week designed to force votes over the opposition of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other GOP leaders.
But the politics...
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