Overview
- The House is set to vote Thursday on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies after a discharge petition advanced the bill to the floor.
- Nine Republicans broke with party leadership to support the procedural step: Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, Tom Kean Jr., Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, Ryan Mackenzie, Max Miller, Maria Elvira Salazar, and David Valadao.
- The action advanced a discharge petition led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, overriding Speaker Mike Johnson’s opposition to bringing the measure forward.
- The bill is expected to pass the House, though it faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Senate despite ongoing bipartisan talks that one GOP negotiator described as being in the “red zone.”
- The subsidies expired at the end of 2025 after congressional leaders left town without a deal, a lapse that figured prominently in the 43-day government shutdown last year.