Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said there will not be an amendment vote on extending expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies as part of a House Republican health care bill this week, in a move that is infuriating moderate Republicans who had been pushing to go on the record about the subsidies. Negotiations between moderates and GOP leadership on an amendment to extend the subsidies hit a roadblock over the weekend as GOP leaders and other conservatives said any language extending the expensive subsidies would need to be paired with massive spending cuts. The House Rules Committee will meet at 2 P.M. today to tee up the House GOP health care bill — dubbed the “Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act” — that includes funds to pay for “cost-sharing reductions,” reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager industry, and expansion of association health plans. Speaker Johnson not holding a vote to extend enhanced subsidies effectively guarantees they will expire at the end of this month. That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year.
For today, the Senate reconvened at 11:00 A.M. and resumed consideration of the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.1071, NDAA, post-cloture.
The House will take up H.R. 4371 – Kayla Hamilton Act and H.R. 3632 – Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 as well as the Rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
