WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to advance a measure that would revive an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that reduced health insurance costs for about 22 million people, but which had expired last month. The 221-205 tally was a key test before the bill passes, which is expected … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Mike Johnson had a pointed back when asked why Republicans weren’t moving to extend federal health care subsidies: their party wanted to help 100% of Americans with their costs, not just the 7% of Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans. But not 100% of his conference agreed. A rare revolt … Read more
A group of Republicans in swing districts plan to challenge both House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Senate and try to force a vote on an extension of the Affordable Care Act’s improved health care subsidies that expire at the end of the month. This is as Johnson largely opposed a single vote on the … Read more
Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva says federal agents fired pepper spray at her and others protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Arizona. In a video posted on social media on Friday, Grijalva said about 40 federal officers, many of them masked, pulled up in several vehicles to raid a Taco Giro in Tucson, where … Read more
Washington (AP) – House Speaker Mike Johnson is asking his fellow Republicans to stop airing their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly. “They’re going to get upset about things. That’s part of the process,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. “It doesn’t bother me. But when there is a conflict or concern, I … Read more