House of Representatives

• Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P. - The inability to find a credible counter to the Affordable Care Act has long bedeviled Republicans and cost them at the polls. It’s threatening to do so again next year.
• From Bravo to Cable News, Garcia Is Pushing Republicans on Epstein - The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Trump.
• US House passes Republican healthcare bill without extension of ACA subsidy - Some of the 24 million Americans who buy their health insurance through the ACA program, nicknamed Obamacare, could face sharply higher costs beginning on January 1 without action by Congress. An expanded US federal healthcare subsidy that
• Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies - After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
• House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela - The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.
• ‘The Clock Is Ticking’: GOP Obamacare Turncoat Says He Had ‘No Choice’ - Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) condemned both parties' leadership in the House while discussing his decision to side with Democrats on ACA subsidies.
• Trump prosecutor Jack Smith defends probes in House testimony - WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Jack Smith, the former U.S.
• Even MAGA Can't Stomach Trump's Vile Rob Reiner Post - Two prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill called out the president for his sick post about the murder of a beloved director.
• Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes - The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
• Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance - President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.