Overview
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and CNBC host Becky Quick argued on-air about strategy for extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
- Quick questioned a multi-year push and highlighted a two-year bipartisan idea backed by Reps. Tom Suozzi and Don Bacon, while Jeffries defended Democrats’ approach.
- Jeffries rejected a suggestion that Democrats might benefit politically from a lapse, calling the claim ridiculous and telling Quick, “shame on you.”
- Jeffries said Republicans previously refused a one-year extension offered during the shutdown negotiations and insisted Democrats are seeking a bipartisan path.
- A stopgap funding law reopened the government without the extension but guarantees a Senate vote in December, as Republicans including President Trump promote alternatives like direct payments or HSA-style plans.