"Those members need not ask me for any help in their campaigns whatsoever,"
"Our team should've put in the compromise. Now we're voting for the worse one. It's just sort of dumb,"
"In defense of Johnson, if he brought a bill to the floor that extended the ACA tax credits, I think then you'd have guys on the conservative side that would say it would be easy for nine people to go down there and move to vacate the chair, because they don't agree with what he's allowing to occur."
Centrist Republicans signed a discharge petition to force a House vote extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, prompting public cold-shouldering from some conservatives. Conservatives view any action to prop up the ACA as unacceptable, and some defections felt like personal betrayals. Several centrists said frustration stemmed from Speaker Johnson refusing to allow a vote on their compromise proposals, pushing them to side with House Democrats. Four Republicans signed the petition. Johnson maintained he has not lost control, with colleagues defending the difficulty of leading the smallest House majority and warning of conservative threats to his speakership.
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