Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday and challenged the chamber’s top Democrat to sign onto a short-term extension of the Obamacare subsidies.
Lawler was waiting for Jeffries as he emerged from a Democratic leadership press conference and pressed him to sign a one-year extension of the subsidies in a heated exchange surrounded by reporters that was recorded.
“Why don’t we sign on right now? Why don’t we sign on right now?” Lawler said to Jeffries. “You can easily extend the ACA right now.”
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