Congress is about to leave town for the holidays — and put off their health care troubles until January.
The House and Senate will take their last votes of the year Thursday, officially allowing Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire Dec. 31. The House passed its GOP-led health care package Wednesday night, though the Senate has no plans to take it up.
Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to work “much more” on health care in the new year, after moderate Republicans joined a Democrat-led discharge petition for a clean three-year extension of the subsidies. Johnson said “it’s inevitable” that the discharge petition comes up after lawmakers return.
“We’ll…
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