Members of Congress are officially heading home for the holidays without a deal to extend federal healthc care subsidies. This week, the House passed a Republicanled healthc care bill that does not include an extension. A handful of moderate Republicans in turn joined a Democrat-led discharge petition for a clean three-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies, which House Speaker Mike Johnson says will inevitably be brought up for a vote after lawmakers return in January.But in the meantime, millions of Am ...

Senator Reverend Rafael Waro is Democrat of Georgia who has been very outspoken about those expiring healthc care subsidies and he joins me now. Senator, uh, welcome news to you that this actually is going to happen. Mike Johnson saying today that while there won't be a vote before the end of the year that they will take up a vote in the House on the extension of the subsidies in the new year.What's your response in the Senate. Well, I can tell you as someone who comes from a state that's seeing the impact ...

Joining us, Republican Congressman Kevin Kylie of California. So, another um discharge petition with enough votes. This is the second one in a few months now.What does that say to you, Congressman, about Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership. >> Well, I think it has fallen upon uh the membership of the House to pick up the some of the slack when it comes to uh leadership of the House of Representatives, especially in recent months. the House really has not been in the driver's seat when it comes to important po ...

President Trump signaled a willingness to strike a deal on extending healthcare subsidies demanded by Democrats, as the government shutdown entered its second week https://t.co/nwdXWV849Q ...