Mike Johnson says there won’t be a vote on Obamacare subsidies

Published December 16, 2025 11:07am ET



House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Tuesday that there will not be a vote in the House on extending the Obamacare subsidies, which expire at the end of the year.

Johnson said during the weekly GOP press conference that many centrist members in swing districts were pushing for a vote on the subsidies, and leadership “looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve.”

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