"But then efforts in the Senate to negotiate an Obamacare premium-subsidy extension died. Yesterday Trump crushed any hopes of a resurrection by pushing Congress in an entirely different direction on health care, with the surprise introduction of his " Great Healthcare Plan." In retrospect, those 17 House "rebels" were just beneficiaries of a "free vote" on something that was never going to result in actual legislation."
"On the same days as that House vote, pundits swooned when five Senate Republicans voted to advance Tim Kaine's War Powers Act resolution putting a hold on any escalation of military conflict with Venezuela. Trump went ballistic on Truth Social, saying that these lawmakers should "never be elected to office again." Sounds like an authentic rebellion, eh? Unfortunately on January 14, two of those five (Josh Hawley and Todd Young) flipped and voted with their party to bury the resolution through a parliamentary maneuver."
Seventeen House Republicans briefly joined Democrats to extend Obamacare premium subsidies, but Senate negotiations failed and a surprise presidential health-care proposal shifted Congress away from that effort. The president's introduction of the " Great Healthcare Plan" undermined the subsidy measure and made the House defections inconsequential. Five Senate Republicans initially advanced Tim Kaine's War Powers Act to block escalation toward Venezuela, prompting public presidential condemnation; two later reversed and helped defeat the resolution by parliamentary maneuver. Those reversals and assurances preserved executive flexibility on Venezuela and left only symbolic dissent within the party.
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