Lawmakers force vote on Affordable Care Act credits, overriding speaker Johnson
December 17, 2025 • 2m 40s
Carl Quintanilla (News anchor)
00:00.070
welcome
back
news
this
hour
on
capitol
hill
as
four
house
republicans
joined
democrats
to
force
a
vote
on
affordable
care
act
subsidies
our
emily
wilkins
watching
that
and
some
of
the
implications
for
house
leadership
hey
emily
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
00:12.710
hey
carl
well
yeah
as
you
mentioned
those
four
republicans
breaking
with
ranks
joining
with
democrats
to
override
speaker
mike
johnson
and
force
a
vote
on
a
three
year
extension
of
those
affordable
care
act
premium
tax
credits
now
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
00:24.830
to
be
clear
it's
not
clear
exactly
when
the
vote
on
the
tax
credits
will
be
the
house
is
voting
later
today
on
a
different
bill
that
would
address
healthcare
costs
but
while
allowing
the
tax
credits
to
expire
remember
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
00:37.070
those
credits
they
expire
at
the
end
of
the
year
that
means
the
twenty
two
million
americans
who
use
the
credits
are
likely
see
their
premiums
double
that's
according
to
the
kaiser
family
foundation
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
00:45.870
the
cbo
also
estimated
that
if
the
plan
republicans
are
voting
for
today
is
enacted
that
again
allows
the
credits
to
expire
the
number
of
people
with
health
insurance
will
decrease
by
a
hundred
thousand
per
year
between
twenty
seventeen
and
twenty
thirty
five
because
of
those
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:00.310
rising
costs
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:01.430
now
the
rebellion
among
centrist
GOP
lawmakers
comes
as
many
of
them
are
going
to
be
facing
very
tough
elections
in
next
year
's
midterms
where
affordability
is
going
to
be
a
key
issue
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:11.310
congressman
mike
lawler
he's
one
of
the
four
who
signed
the
discharge
petition
said
yesterday
that
not
have
any
vote
would
be
political
malpractice
Mike Lawler (Representative for New York's 17th district)
01:20.490
if
hakeem
jeffries
was
serious
about
this
he
would
actually
tell
his
conference
go
sign
the
discharges
and
let's
force
a
vote
but
he's
not
and
that's
the
problem
you
have
two
leaders
that
are
not
serious
about
solving
this
? (?)
01:32.650
problem
Mike Lawler (Representative for New York's 17th district)
01:33.290
i
am
pissed
for
the
american
people
this
is
absolute
bull
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:37.380
now
if
the
house
does
wind
up
passing
that
three
year
extension
whenever
that
vote
is
it's
not
clear
that
the
senate
would
be
able
to
take
that
up
if
you
remember
senators
already
rejected
that
proposal
once
but
that
was
when
there
was
more
opportunity
for
a
bipartisan
solution
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:52.420
and
a
lot
of
those
doors
have
now
closed
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
01:54.260
we'll
be
watching
to
see
if
this
gets
wrapped
up
in
the
next
shutdown
battle
right
now
funding
for
much
of
the
government
runs
out
on
january
thirtieth
guys
Carl Quintanilla (News anchor)
02:02.500
emily
correct
me
if
i'm
wrong
i
think
this
might
be
the
sixth
discharge
charge
petition
which
is
more
than
the
prior
thirty
years
combined
is
that
right
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
02:12.200
i
mean
carl
the
number
of
discharge
petitions
that
have
been
successfully
put
forward
in
this
congress
have
absolutely
been
notable
and
it
because
it
happens
because
the
majority
has
a
very
small
margins
it
really
doesn't
take
a
lot
for
just
a
couple
republicans
to
join
with
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
02:25.240
democrats
on
this
and
Emily Wilkins (Washington Correspondent)
02:26.600
i
think
it
shows
that
there
is
a
lot
of
frustration
in
what
is
or
isn't
allowed
to
be
on
the
floor
as
well
as
i
mean
just
health
care
you
have
this
huge
divide
between
republicans
who
are
moderates
versus
those
who
really
do
not
want
to
vote
on
obamacare
guys
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