A discharge petition to force a vote on an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning, with four moderate Republicans joining Democrats in signing it.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) gave Democrats the four signatures they needed to meet the majority threshold of 218 members to force the bill out of committee and bypass leadership, the website of the clerk of the House of Representatives shows.
On Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Republican leadership could not come to an agreement with their more centrist caucus members after a closed-door meeting on the issue, Breitbart News reported:
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