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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed pride in the "bipartisan coalition" created ahead of Thursday's vote on a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies after nine Republicans crossed the aisle Wednesday night to set up passage in the House.
While the three-year extension for Affordable Care Act subsidies is expected to pass the House, it may not go far in the Senate. But a bipartisan group of senators say they are close on a compromise.
The House passed legislation Thursday to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax
Democrats forced a vote on a three-year extension of ACA premium subsidies. A bipartisan Senate group is working on its own, more limited deal—with abortion language as the key sticking point.
The House easily passed legislation to fund several federal agencies and programs as lawmakers work to avert another government shutdown later this month.
The legislation to continue ACA funds for three years passed with unanimous support from Democrats and a group of Republicans who rebelled against party leaders to force the vote.
The House passed a bill to extend health care subsidies with bipartisan support, but its future in the Senate remains uncertain.
The House’s approval of the three bills — Interior-Environment, Energy-Water and Commerce-Justice-Science — marks an important step forward for congressional appropriators as they work to finalize and pass the remaining spending bills before the Jan. 30 funding deadline.
The House on Thursday passed three appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support, moving lawmakers closer to avoiding an end-of-month shutdown. The bills would fund the Department of
WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday extending Obamacare subsidies for three years, upping the pressure on Senate Republicans to reconsider the legislation just months after Democrats forced a government shutdown over the issue.
The 2026 midterm elections are coming later this year with 33 seats in the U.S. Senate and all 435 House seats on ballots across the country.