"The bill, which passed 230-196, now heads to the Senate, where Senate Majority John Thune (R-S.D.) has signaled he has no plans to bring it up for a vote. Catch up quick: Johnson for months refused to bring up a compromise bill to extend the credits, prompting four vulnerable Republicans to sign Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) discharge petition. That brought the petition to the necessary 218 signatures to bypass Republican leadership and force a vote."
"Zoom out: Instances like this of Republicans breaking not only with Johnson but Trump as well are becoming more commonplace. Republicans have broken with their party's president on the Jeffrey Epstein files, tariff rebate checks and "Arctic Frost" just in the last few months. Dozens of House Republicans also voted Thursday to override two of Trump's vetoes on relatively non-controversial bills facilitating a Colorado water project and handing over a portion of the Florida everglades."
""Those members need not ask me for any help in their campaigns whatsoever," Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) told Axios in December of his centrist GOP colleagues who signed the discharge petition."
Seventeen House Republicans voted with Democrats to pass a bill extending subsidies, and the measure passed 230-196. The bill now heads to the Senate, where Senate Majority John Thune signaled he has no plans to bring it up for a vote. House Republican leadership previously refused to advance a compromise bill, prompting four vulnerable centrists to sign a discharge petition that reached the 218 signatures necessary to force a vote. The four centrists face tough reelection fights and feared Democratic attacks over premium increases. Senators are crafting a bipartisan compromise mirroring the centrists' framework, and additional House Republicans are expected to support it.
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