Hill December 16, 2025
Republican tensions boiled over Tuesday in the Capitol over the fate of expiring ObamaCare subsidies that could play an outsized role in the race for the House next year.
Republican moderates lashed out at House GOP leadership just hours after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) backtracked on his plan to vote this week to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies at the center of the health care fight. Despite “good-faith” negotiations, Johnson said an amendment “was not to be.”
The surprise move infuriated centrist Republicans, who were promised that vote Friday when Republican leaders unveiled their partisan health care package, which is expected to hit the floor Wednesday.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said refusing to allow a vote was “political...
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