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The House of Representatives passed a three-year extension of COVID-19-era premium tax credits on Thursday, as a group of Republicans defied House leadership to back the Democrat-led measure."a policy which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the majority of the House Republican conference has opposed for months" . . .The extension passed by a 230-196 margin, with 17 Republicans joining 213 Democrats in voting for a policy which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the majority of the House Republican conference has opposed for months.
Five Republicans did not vote.
@JakeSherman
Reps. Mike Carey (Ohio), Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.), Ryan Mackenzie (Pa.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), David Joyce (Ohio), Tom Kean (N.J.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Max Miller (Ohio), David Valadao (Calif.), Rob Wittman (Va.), Jeff Hurd (Colo.), Maria Elvira-Salazar (Fla.), Rob Bresnahan (Pa.), Derrick Van Orden (Wis.), Zach Nunn (Iowa) and Monica De La Cruz (Texas).. . . . . . . . .
The extension has little chance of passing the Senate, where Republicans and Democrats are negotiating the possibility of a reformed extension of the credits.
Deep State double speak. 👎 The govt shut down pointlessly and the 'pubbies appeared to have secured a victory late last year. BUT - what did Speaker Johnson do to head off this moment? Well, we don't necessarily know, but he had all last year and more to deal with this issue.
I predicted at the time of the shutdown that in the end the House would accept extension of the ACA - since that is what our 'masters' want: a road to universal health care - "socialized medicine".
Suffice it to say that my respect for Speaker Johnson's credibility is nil! Ask the Speaker what he is doing about next year's federal budget. 👈