Mike Johnson Waffles When Jake Tapper Presses Him On Committing to Bringing Up a Bill on Obamacare Subsidies

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 10th, 2025, 6:01 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would not commit Monday when CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed him on bringing a vote to the floor to address health care affordability before the ACA tax subsidies expire.

The eight Senate Democrats who voted in favor of the continuing resolution Sunday night to help reopen the government did so with the belief that Republicans would begin healthcare talks. Under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act, tax subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year and cause premiums to skyrocket.

“The problem is when you’re subsidizing insurance companies, they just jack the rates up even highe

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