Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) 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.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), one of the members who had been pushing for a vote to extend the subsidies that expire Dec. 31, fumed at the decision as he emerged from a House Republican Conference meeting Tuesday morning.
“I think it’s idiotic not to have an up-or-down vote on this issue,” Lawler said, adding: “It is political malpractice.”
Less than useless. Actually harmful. The shutdown itself hurt working families and they caved because they knew people would suffer next year with no subsidies. If they were gonna cave anyway they should never have started the shutdown. It was just for press so they can tie themselves to the idea of lower healthcare. In lieu of helping people now they are letting them suffer on the hope that if they suffer enough they’ll vote blue. It’s disgusting and transparent.