America First Report By Adam Pack, DCNF
A group of House Republicans in swing districts spurned House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday morning to trigger a floor vote on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies favored by Democrats.
Four moderate House Republicans — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania and Mike Lawler of New York — signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a clean three-year extension of the expiring subsidies. The petition was sponsored by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and is supported by every Democratic lawmaker.
“As I’ve stated many times before, the only policy that is worse than a clean three-year extension without any reforms, is a policy of complete expiration without any bridge,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement. “Unfortunately, it is House leadership themselves that have forced this outcome…
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