House sends incorrect version of Obamacare subsidies extension to Senate

The House will see its three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies return much sooner than anticipated after the chamber accidentally sent the wrong version of the bill text to the Senate.

The lower chamber voted to extend the COVID-19-era subsidies on Jan. 8, with several Republicans joining all Democrats to pass the bill. It has been sitting in the Senate for a week, as a bipartisan group of senators tries to negotiate a deal that will likely see more reforms and a shorter extension window.

However, the House needs the bill back because the text sent over to the Senate by the House clerk did not include an updated amendment offered by Democrats and approved on the House floor. Instead, the clerk sent over the original

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