GOP Won’t Consider Basic Extension of Obamacare Credits

“Speaker Mike Johnson said today that he would seek ‘dramatic’ changes to the enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies in any future negotiations, throwing cold water on the idea that Congress could reach a quick resolution over the policy issue at the center of the shutdown,” Punchbowl News reports.

Said Johnson: “There are lots of conversations and deliberations and discussions right now, even bipartisan, amongst members about necessary changes that would have to be made — pretty dramatic changes — to even have that considered on the floor.”

“Republicans want to drastically overhaul the tax credits, while Democrats want a straightforward extension.”