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bigtree

(93,659 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2026, 05:36 PM Jan 8

Happening Now: Leader Jeffries Announces House Passage of Three-Year ACA Benefit Extension

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Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar will speak to press about how House Democrats have held the line for the American people and successfully got a three-year ACA tax credit extension passed in the House.

...well done, Leader Jeffries!

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Happening Now: Leader Jeffries Announces House Passage of Three-Year ACA Benefit Extension (Original Post) bigtree Jan 8 OP

Finally, we start to fight back. I'm guessing that beautiful health care scheme the GOP's been working on since 2016 ... marble falls Jan 8 #1

It takes time to craft the perfect plan...... SergeStorms Jan 8 #10

Stop. Just because the public can't see everything... QueerDuck Jan 8 #11

OH? You know something? You think the GOP healthcare plan is coming? I don't even think it's breathing hard. marble falls Jan 8 #17

Kinda What I Just Said.. TY Queer Duck... Cha Jan 8 #19

As I have said Bob_in_VA Jan 8 #15

Dems Have Been Fighting Back.. We Don't Cha Jan 8 #18

Senate is next............ Lovie777 Jan 8 #2

The Senate has already voted against this bill. We shall see what happens. Jacson6 Jan 8 #8

Good BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 8 #3

Vote was 230-196. All Democrats + 17 Republicans voted for it. Wiz Imp Jan 8 #4

Vulnerable House Republicans who voted against it bigtree Jan 8 #7

Wait? SocialDemocrat61 Jan 8 #5

Good job, leader Jeffries. Buddyzbuddy Jan 8 #6

Thank you leader Jeffries! mcar Jan 8 #9

Can Trump veto it? Nt Tree Lady Jan 8 #12

Needy Amin will veto this faster than he would a 19 year-old girl brought to him for his "use" peppertree Jan 8 #16

Thank you, Jeffries and Democrats! betsuni Jan 8 #13

K&R! Torchlight Jan 8 #14

marble falls

(71,366 posts)

1. Finally, we start to fight back. I'm guessing that beautiful health care scheme the GOP's been working on since 2016 ...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 05:38 PM

Jan 8

... isn't even half baked yet.

SergeStorms

(20,155 posts)

10. It takes time to craft the perfect plan......

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 07:48 PM

Jan 8

especially since it's the very last thing on the GOP's agenda. When new fascist items are brought forward it slides further back.
If it was easy, or profitable, every republican would be doing it, you can bet on that!

QueerDuck

(1,175 posts)

11. Stop. Just because the public can't see everything...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 07:50 PM

Jan 8

that's going on does not mean that NOTHING is going on. 🙄😡

marble falls

(71,366 posts)

17. OH? You know something? You think the GOP healthcare plan is coming? I don't even think it's breathing hard.

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:28 PM

Jan 8

Cha

(317,557 posts)

19. Kinda What I Just Said.. TY Queer Duck...

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:33 PM

Jan 8

So Over This.

Bob_in_VA

(135 posts)

15. As I have said

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:26 PM

Jan 8

more than once in the past, the GOP has been "working on" a health care scheme since they torpedoed the one Hillary Clinton offered in 1994... or was it 1993? We were told by Newt Gingrich and his merry band of liars in the House that, if the American people would just elect a GOP majority in the House, the GOP would offer a much superior plan than the Clinton plan. Well, the American people did just that and now we can live under that superior plan... which as near as I can tell is, and was, "Don't get sick, and if you do, die quickly."

Cha

(317,557 posts)

18. Dems Have Been Fighting Back.. We Don't

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:31 PM

Jan 8

See Everything that's Happening.

Lovie777

(22,159 posts)

2. Senate is next............

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 05:42 PM

Jan 8

then shithole.

Jacson6

(1,820 posts)

8. The Senate has already voted against this bill. We shall see what happens.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 07:30 PM

Jan 8

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,290 posts)

3. Good

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 05:56 PM

Jan 8

Wiz Imp

(9,211 posts)

4. Vote was 230-196. All Democrats + 17 Republicans voted for it.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:25 PM

Jan 8

bigtree

(93,659 posts)

7. Vulnerable House Republicans who voted against it

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:32 PM

Jan 8

CJ Warnke @cjwarnke 1h
🚨🚨🚨 Vulnerable House Republicans who just voted to RAISE health care prices:

Juan Ciscomani #AZ01
Darrell Issa #CA48
Jeff Crank #CO05
Gabe Evans #CO08
Mariannette Miller-Meeks #IA01
Bill Huizenga #MI04
Tom Barrett #MI07
Chuck Edwards #NC11
Scott Perry #PA10
Jen Kiggans #VA02

CJ Warnke @cjwarnke 32m
👀👀 17 House R's defecting from Trump is the clearest sign that Republicans are FREAKING OUT headed into the midterms.

If folks like Derrick Van Orden (Trump +7), Nick LaLota (Trump +10), and Dave Joyce (Trump +18) are voting like this -- then you know the blue wave is coming.
https://x.com/sahilkapur/sta

SocialDemocrat61

(7,136 posts)

5. Wait?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:28 PM

Jan 8

I thought Jeffries wasn’t doing his job? At least that’s what a Green Party voter told me. 😉

Buddyzbuddy

(2,277 posts)

6. Good job, leader Jeffries.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:30 PM

Jan 8

Let's see what the Senate does.

mcar

(45,772 posts)

9. Thank you leader Jeffries!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 07:42 PM

Jan 8

Tree Lady

(13,080 posts)

12. Can Trump veto it? Nt

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:07 PM

Jan 8

peppertree

(23,174 posts)

16. Needy Amin will veto this faster than he would a 19 year-old girl brought to him for his "use"

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #12)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:29 PM

Jan 8

"Goddammit - if I told you once I told you 1000 times: nothing older than 15!!"

(I can only hope I'm wrong)

betsuni

(28,857 posts)

13. Thank you, Jeffries and Democrats!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:21 PM

Jan 8

(Reminder to leadership bashers: this is the actual job, government legislation, not national celebrity-activist-superhero-pseudo revolutionary. There must be many activists around the country doing great work -- please tell us about them!)

Torchlight

(6,445 posts)

14. K&R!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:22 PM

Jan 8

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