An agreement between moderate Republicans and GOP leadership in the House to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is on the rocks as the two sides squabble over the contents of the amendment.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other GOP centrists are planning to introduce an amendment in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday that pairs a two-year extension of the subsidies with eligibility reforms, according to a House GOP staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
But GOP leadership insisted the extension needed to be offset with spending cuts — a demand the moderates balked at. Conservatives opposed to extending the subsidies have frequently cited the cost, which is estimated to be at least $35 billion per year.
Bill for bombs or corporate bailouts: We have infinite money!
Bill to assist paying for health care for poor people: We have no money! We must cut other spending on services for poor people to pay for this!
Yeah, but some Blah people might accidentally get something for free!
“Eligibility reforms” means “give overworked people a ton of extra paperwork to do in the hope that they either give up or make an error so that we can drop them.”
Help a little now, to hurt a lot later.
And that roadblock? Conservatives and their ridiculous ideology.
I’ve got a solution you dumb fucks, cut the needless tax cuts you’re funneling to billionaires
But that’s the entire reason so many are there
Whoa easy there commie
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