"Look, we had a government shutdown for 43 days, and Democrats said this was an existential crisis. And so when the government reopened, I sat down in a good faith, bipartisan way with my Democratic colleagues and my Republican colleagues to broker a compromise piece of legislation that would extend the subsidies, but put serious reforms in place."
"We introduced them as discharge petitions, 11 Republicans signed on to two of those bipartisan compromise bills. We do not have enough Democrats on them. The clock is ticking, and so ultimately I and three others, Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan MacKenzie, were left with no choice but to sign the three-year discharge and force an actual vote on the House floor."
"Ultimately, if it passes the House, it'll have to go to the Senate. We saw this three-year bill fail in the Senate last week when Chuck Schumer put it up for a vote. So the final product will have to be a compromise. And that's been my point from the start. Do the work! Do the bipartisan compromise, and frankly, Dana, this is important."
Both House leaders failed to advance a bipartisan compromise to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies with reforms after a 43-day government shutdown. Congressional members negotiated a compromise extending subsidies while adding reforms, but House Republican leadership declined to schedule the bills for an up-or-down vote. Eleven Republicans signed two bipartisan bills, but Democrats' support remained insufficient. Four Republicans, including Mike Lawler, signed a three-year discharge petition to force a floor vote. The three-year bill failed in the Senate last week when Senate leadership put it to a vote. A final outcome will require bipartisan compromise between the two chambers.
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