The House of Representatives will hold a vote on Thursday to extend government subsidies for the Affordable Care Act for three years.
The scheduled vote is the work of a bipartisan coalition of House representatives who circumvented House Speaker Mike Johnson’s support, according to Fox News’s Chad Pergram. Johnson is believed to be against a vote on the ACA subsidies.
“House set to vote on bill to renew Obamacare subsidies for 3 years today,” Pergram said in a post on X early Thursday morning. “Bipartisan coalition went around the Speaker to put this on the floor to force a vote.”
Nine Republicans joined Democrats in a procedural vote on Wednesday to allow Thursday’s vote to proceed. It is expected to pass the House on Thursday, but could face significant hurdles in the Senate.
The vote comes after the government subsidies expired at the end of 2025. They’ve been an integral part of domestic policy discussions for the last few months of 2025 and were one of the main reasons the 2025 government shutdown lasted 43 days, the longest shutdown in the nation’s history.
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Despite these challenges, a bipartisan group of senators have been working on a deal for the subsidies. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has been one of the GOP senators involved in negotiations and expressed cautious optimism at the chances of an agreement moving forward in the Senate.
“We’re in the red zone,” Moreno told NPR on Wednesday. “But that does not mean a touchdown. It could mean a 95-yard fumble.”