The House of Representatives has passed a bill to revive and extend COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies, in a major victory for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.17 House Republicans broke ranks with GOP leaders to support the legislation after Democrats were successful in forcing a vote via a mechanism called a privileged resolution.A discharge petition is a mechanism for getting legislation considered on the House floor even if the majority's leadership is opposed to it, provided the petition gets a majority of House lawmakers' signatures.Jeffries filed the discharge peti...
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