Four House Republicans crossed party lines Wednesday to force a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits that millions of Americans rely on to lower their health insurance premiums.
The four centrist Republicans signed onto a Democratic-led petition after House Republicans moved forward with a health care bill that doesn’t take any action on the ACA (or Obamacare) subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie, all from Pennsylvania, and Mike Lawler of New York signed on Wednesday morning, pushing it to the 218 votes needed to pass. With the GOP holding a slim 220-213 majority in the House, it only takes a few Republican defectors to upend the leadership’s agenda.
I've been saying that if Republicans want to keep control of the House next year they better either come up with an alternative healthcare plan of their own or put their ego's aside and negotiate with Democrats to extend the current ACA subsidies because too many Americans, Republicans and Democrats, depend of Obamacare. And it's way too risky to do nothing.
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