Trump ally Speaker Johnson shuts down amendment vote to save ObamaCare aid as GOP lawmaker calls it 'idiotic' and 'absol [View all]

Source: The Daily Adda

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R‑La.) stunned a group of his own members on Tuesday by shutting down any chance of an amendment vote on extending enhanced ObamaCare subsidies — a decision that has left moderate Republicans in tight districts fuming ahead of the 2026 midterms.

“I think it’s idiotic not to have an up‑or-down vote on this issue,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R‑N.Y.) said Tuesday, emerging from a House Republican Conference meeting, according to The Hill. He added: “It is political malpractice.”

Lawler, one of the moderates pushing to extend the expiring subsidies set to lapse Dec. 31, didn’t hold back. “I am pissed for the American people. This is absolute bulls‑‑‑,” he said, capturing the frustration of members worried about the impact on constituents.

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