Overview

• Rep. Mike Lawler confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after a press conference, pressing him to back a temporary extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
• Jeffries rejected a short-term fix and has insisted the subsidies be made permanent, aligning with Democrats’ stance in the ongoing partial government shutdown.
• Democrats have blocked a GOP continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 unless Republicans agree to reverse Medicaid reforms and extend the enhanced ACA subsidies.
• Lawler displayed legislation he said includes some Democratic co-sponsors and accused Jeffries of refusing bipartisan talks as reporters recorded the heated back-and-forth.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the chamber out of session to pressure Senate Democrats to accept a House-passed clean CR, and he separately tangled with Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly earlier in the day.