Politico January 6, 2026
With help from Ruth Reader and Robert King
Driving the Day
NEW YEAR, SAME BATTLES — Congress is fully back in action today, and last year’s battle over Obamacare is far from over.
House Democrats could move as soon as tomorrow to force a vote on extending the expired Obamacare subsidies for three years, Meredith Lee Hill reports. This measure follows last month’s major setback for Speaker Mike Johnson, when four House Republicans broke from the party to support a discharge petition backed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to hold a vote.
While the bill could pass the House, it’s set to die in the Senate. A group of moderate senators, however, continues to plot a compromise proposal, and rebellious...
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