REPUBLICAN DISUNITY TESTS JOHNSON'S GRIP ON POWER

Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives show increasing signs of disunity over core issues like healthcare, as moderates and hardliners clash with party leaders ahead of a high-stakes midterm election year that could decide the future of their slim majority and Speaker Mike Johnson’s political fate.

With Congress poised to let Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, Republicans in swing districts that delivered a narrow 220-213 House Republican majority in the 2024 election are scrambling to circumvent Johnson and his leadership team by forcing floor votes on legislation to extend the subsidies and spare constituents huge spikes in healthcare premiums.

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