Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson called the House back for a Wednesday vote on the Senate-passed stopgap, which excludes an immediate extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium credits.
- House Democratic leaders urged members to oppose the bill and moved to offer an amendment for a three-year extension of the expiring subsidies before the floor vote.
- Eight Senate Democrats helped advance the measure after securing a promised December Senate vote on renewing the credits, leaving the policy fight unresolved for now.
- Johnson declined to commit to bringing a subsidy extension to the House floor before Senate action, saying he must first build consensus within his conference.
- GOP leaders in the Senate, including John Thune, said any extension must include stricter Hyde-style abortion funding restrictions, a demand Democrats denounced as a backdoor ban.