Jeffries Says Democrats Will Not Compromise On ACA Tax Credits

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats will not compromise on their call for making enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits permanent.

When asked during an exclusive Bloomberg Government roundtable what a potential compromise could look like on the subsidies, Jeffries pointed to the Democrats’ continuing resolution proposal that would permanently extend the more generous version of the Affordable Care Act premium tax credit — a policy that would cost the US government around $350 billion over 10 years.

“Our position is articulated in the Democratic continuing resolution,” he said Wednesday at the Capitol.

A group of House Republicans and Democrats ...