House Speaker Mike Johnson presented health care bill options on a slide during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this morning, December 10, packaging popular GOP measures such as HSAs and CSRs but excluding an extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, according to Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman. Johnson promised a floor vote before the end of the month. The discussion turned quickly to the subsidies, which were not in the initial plan, with firm opinions for and against extending them, Sherman reported in a post over the past hour. House Republican leaders had planned to pitch the conference on these health care bills this morning, as detailed in Punchbowl News updates provided first to text subscribers. Separately, rapper Nicki Minaj followed President Donald Trump on X/Twitter, according to a PopCrave post within the 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. UTC reporting window.
