Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek Compromise on Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies

With the Senate poised for votes on a pair of competing health care proposals, some House members are pushing a bill that seeks middle ground.

Subcommittee Ranking Member Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) delivers his opening statement during a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 21, 2022. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of representatives has initiated a parliamentary move to force the House to vote on an extension of the expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare, combined with provisions to combat fraud and abuse.

The procedure, known as a discharge petition, was filed by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), who authored a bill aimed at ending the standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the expiring subsidies.