Hakeem Jeffries: House 'Will Pass' ObamaCare Subsidies

Monday, December 22, 2025

"House Democrats are going to continue to fight to get this extension through the Congress on our side. It will pass with a bipartisan majority," Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC News's "This Week."

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Hakeem Jeffries says Obamacare subsidy extension 'will pass with a bipartisan majority'

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"If it passes, that will put pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his caucus to reverse course and back an extension, Jeffries noted. A three-year extension of the ACA subsidies " backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) " failed in the upper chamber earlier this month because of opposition from the majority of the GOP."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-21 10:14 PM

Mike Johnson is a fraud.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-21 11:14 PM

House Rethugs are watching their Party lose elections all around the country... and thinking they should try to keep their jobs rather than kowtow to Trump some more.

Sen Rethugs may not be so worried.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-21 11:23 PM

The Senate is insulated from public opinion more than the House is.

For just this kind of reasons.

That's why direct election of Senators didn't become law until 1913.

It's an inherently ANTI DEMOCRATIC Body.

The Oligarchy got special Privileges from the Founders. They got Super Representation,long before Citizens United.

Like Slavery, it was one of the greatest flaws in our system.

If Anything, the Senate should be less protected from the "Rabble" than the House.

Like One year terms, with term limits.

No more than 4 consecutive terms.

A 6 year term staggered among the members with no direct election was a way to give the Propertied Rich a Veto on the House.