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Speaker of the House mike johnson MAGA congresswoman rejected marjorie taylor greenHe was criticized for allegedly not focusing affordable healthcare Wednesday evening using the insult “bless his heart.”
Green, who has broken more often His party’s message in recent months, Wrote a long X postJohnson accused Avoiding Affordable Health Care Policies And not providing a “single policy plan” on a conference call with Republicans this week.
A few hours later, Johnson appeared cnn Source with Kaitlyn Collins To refute Green’s claims, she said she was not aware of conversations about policy plans.
“Well, bless his heart, that’s an absurd statement,” Johnson began, referring to a derogatory phrase commonly used in the South to express disdain for a person’s lack of intelligence or judgment.
“We’ve been working on this for a long time. We worked on it today. We’re working on it every day. Marjorie is not here in Washington, she’s not on the Jurisdiction Committee and she’s not involved in those specific discussions, but she will be involved soon,” Johnson said.
The speaker said no detailed information about Republicans’ affordable health care policies emerged on the conference call because it is monitored “by the media.”
Johnson argued that Republicans’ plans could be published prematurely if too much information was revealed.
Independent Green’s office has been sought for comment.
Republicans and Democrats have been battling for weeks over including provisions in a temporary funding bill Expand tax credits for people Those who receive health care through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, otherwise known as Obamacare.
Democrats argue that excluding the provisions would make health care more expensive for millions of Americans as the tax credits expire at the end of this year. An analysis found that premiums There may be an increase of up to 18 percent.
They are also demanding a rollback of the health care cuts made in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
But Republicans have refused to add the provisions to the stopgap appropriations bill, maintaining a party position opposed to Obamacare for years.
As a result, the government has been shut down For more than three weeks.
While Greene accused Democrats of creating “this nightmare” through the Affordable Care Act and tax credits, she pressed Johnson and other Republicans to release more information about the methods they are using to help people struggling to pay for health care.
“I find it unacceptable that Republicans are doing nothing to fix this health care disaster that is leading many Americans to financial ruin,” Greene wrote in her post.
Greene, a staunch ally of the president, has emerged as one of the few Republicans to publicly criticize her own party on the health care issue. Over the past several weeks he has spoken out against the health care affordability crisis and urged his colleagues to draw their attention.
Johnson said on CNN that Republicans have a plan but said he would not bring back members of the House of Representatives and put the responsibility on senators.