Democrats Press Extension of ACA Tax Credits After Government Reopening

Republicans said Democrats themselves set the subsidies to lapse.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), House Democratic Leadership attend Steering and Policy Committee hearing on the impact of the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

House Democrats signaled they will keep pressing to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits after the government reopened on Nov. 12, accusing Republicans of creating what they said was a health-care cost crisis that still needs to be resolved.

Before the vote on the House floor to fund and reopen the government, Republicans, led by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), countered that Democrats created the problem when they last controlled Congress and introduced enhanced ACA subsidies as a temporary program set to expire at the end of 2025, and are now demanding a renewal.