A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey supports extending health care subsidies, saying, “The way I look at it, these voters who are going to face increasing premiums obviously did nothing wrong.”
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky posted on social media recently that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool.”
President Trump has not made a final decision. But he is under pressure to address the cost of health care, which for many Americans will jump if the subsidies expire.
President Trump speaking at the White House this weekend. Extending the subsidies was at the center of the 43-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
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