Rep. Mike Lawler leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference on March 4, 2025 in Washington. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
House Republicans have introduced their own healthcare bill aimed at lowering prices via cost-sharing reductions, drug cost transparency measures, and association healthcare plans, which allow small employers and self-employed Americans to work in small groups to purchase coverage.
And while a majority of GOP lawmakers are against any sort of extension of the subsidies, Democrats and a group of moderate House Republicans have warned that a failure to act will result in millions of Americans seeing significant price hikes for their premiums.
House GOP leadership aides told reporters late last week that they expected some sort of amendment vote on the expiring subsidies, but a source familiar told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that those talks fell apart due to disagreements over how to cover the cost of an extension.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 3, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
He directed a comment at Jeffries specifically, "Come down to this floor, sign the discharge, and show real leadership. Because sadly, my conference has failed to do that."
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Johnson called Lawler "a very dear friend" and pointed out he campaigned in Lawler's district recently when asked about the criticism during his weekly press conference.
"Mike Lawler fights hard for New York, as every Republican in this conference does for their districts. The districts are different. They have different priorities and ideas," Johnson said. "And many of them didn't want to vote on this Obamacare or, you know, COVID-era, something that the Democrats created. We looked for a way to try to allow for that … and it just was not to be."
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