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Senate Republicans Ready Obamacare Rescue
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 44 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/15/senate-republicans-ready-obamacare-rescue/
A group of GOP senators are working on legislation to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies with policy changes designed to win over conservatives, Politico reports.
The development comes as Democrats are mounting a huge push to make an extension of the enhanced tax credits necessary for them to support a bill that funds the government beyond Sept. 30. It also comes as a growing number of Republicans say failure to act on such an extension would be a political mistake heading into the midterms.
Applegrove: but Heritage and most Republicans so so want decent Healthcare for Americans to fail.
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,333 posts)rescue their reelection chances next year?
SheltieLover
(81,725 posts)leftstreet
(41,257 posts)Like they did in 2017, and McCain had to rescue them with his thumbs-down to cuts
Autumn
(49,020 posts)hatrack
(65,149 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(24,093 posts)The ACA subsidies extensions only run to January 2027, just after the midterms.
Johonny
(26,618 posts)Johnson appears unable to get much done
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