Donald Trump’s Affordability Problems Are Piling Up
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The gap between what Republicans want to sell to voters and their actions highlights how difficult it will be for the GOP to rebuild its political standing.
WASHINGTON ― Republicans say they want to address voter concerns about affordability and the high cost of living, but are struggling to come up with a legislative agenda and messaging strategy to match.
This week, GOP senators are poised to block an extension of enhanced health care subsidies for over 20 million people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act. Without the subsidies, premiums are projected to skyrocket for those on Obamacare health insurance exchanges, as well as some people in the private health insurance market.
Meanwhile, major bipartisan legislation meant to boost housing construction in the U.S. that passed in the Senate Banking Committee unanimously, with the support of the White House, was dropped out of the annual defense spending bill due to GOP opposition in the House of Representatives, in another setback for efforts to bring down prices.
“Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs, but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote in a post online. “If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.”
The gap between what Republicans want to sell to voters and their actions highlights how difficult it will be for the GOP to rebuild its political standing on affordability, just one year after Trump swept into office on the back of voter anger about high prices under former President Joe Biden.
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