House GOP Goes Full Soap Opera, Ceding Floor Control to Save Shreds of Sanity

KEY POINTS

•House Speaker Mike Johnson faces rebuke from centrist Republicans for blocking a vote on extending ACA premium subsidies.
•Five GOP members signed a discharge petition to force a House vote, aligning briefly with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
•Senate Republicans plan to use the petition for a bipartisan bill, which would likely struggle in the divided House.

In what sounds like a Capitol Hill cockroach reality show, Speaker Mike Johnson is juggling a historically slim GOP majority and a mutiny led by centrist rebels tired of his 'no ACA subsidy' veto. Reps Eric Burlison, Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Robert Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie formed a revolt crew signing a discharge petition to extend ACA premium tax credits—because sure, why not side with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to poke the right-wing bear? Don Bacon calls this forced compromise 'dumb,' which is a polite way to say 'welcome to Congress.' Meanwhile, Johnson insists he's not lost control because chaos is the new normal, and Thomas Massie swears Trump’s nod keeps him safe. Senate Republicans eye the pandemonium as a chance to cook up a bipartisan Frankenstein bill destined to boomerang right back to a House where bipartisan means chaos without consent.

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House GOP’s version of survivor involves throwing ACA under the bus and then blaming each other for the stench. Mike Johnson’s control is as solid as a sandcastle at high tide.

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