From The Hill: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) predicted Sunday that an extension of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will pass the House with backing from both sides of the aisle.
The ACA credits, which expire on Dec. 31, are set to be a subject of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill once both chambers return in the new year.
Earlier this week, four House Republicans joined 214 Democrats in signing a discharge petition bringing a three-year extension of the subsidies to the floor. While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to bring the bill up for a vote before the lower chamber adjourned, the proposal will be one of the first orders of business come January.
“House Democrats are going to continue to fight to get this extension through the Congress on our side,” Jeffries said on ABC News’s “This Week.”
“It will pass with a bipartisan majority,” Jefferies added confidently.
If he’s right, it will go to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his caucus to consider backing a plan they have thus far rejected. Although a three-year extension was backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), it ultimately failed in the upper chamber.
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