Jeffries says House 'will pass' ObamaCare subsidies extension 'with a bipartisan majority' [View all]

Source: The Hill

12/21/25 5:28 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) predicted Sunday that an extension of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will pass the House with backing from both sides of the aisle. “House Democrats are going to continue to fight to get this extension through the Congress on our side. It will pass with a bipartisan majority,” Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC News’s “This Week.”

The ACA credits, which expire on Dec. 31, are set to be a subject of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill once both chambers return in the new year.

Earlier this week, four House Republicans joined 214 Democrats in signing a discharge petition bringing a three-year extension of the subsidies to the floor. While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to bring the bill up for a vote before the lower chamber adjourned, the proposal will be one of the first orders of business come January.

If it passes, that will put pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and his caucus to reverse course and back an extension, Jeffries noted. A three-year extension of the ACA subsidies — backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — failed in the upper chamber earlier this month because of opposition from the majority of the GOP.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5659243-jeffries-predicts-aca-extension/

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They have a discharge petition with 218 signatures, meaning that as long as all of the signatories vote for the bill, it will pass once it hits the House floor in January and is ready for debate/vote.