House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) distanced himself from a possible deal that could emerge from the Senate on healthcare as an effort to end the government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has promised Democrats he will schedule a vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies in return for passing a funding bill, though he has been clear he cannot guarantee the passage of legislation on the matter.
“I’ve made this very clear to them, I can’t guarantee them an outcome,” Thune told reporters Thursday morning. “I can guarantee them a process, and they can litigate the issue, get the vote on the floor. And presumably, they have some way of getting a vote in the House at some point. But I can’t speak for the House, and obviously I can’t guarantee an outcome here. And they know that.”
