EXCLUSIVE — The Main Street Caucus, a “pragmatic” conservative bloc on Capitol Hill, released a statement on Tuesday backing President Donald Trump’s early-stage efforts to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. The only problem is that caucus members had no idea that statement was coming.
Three sources with knowledge of the caucus’s internal discussions told the Washington Examiner that members were neither consulted nor alerted that a statement would be issued by Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) in support of the president’s willingness to extend the Obamacare credits.
“Main Street supports President Trump’s ongoing efforts to address the ACA tax credit cliff with an extension,” Flood said in the statement released two days before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. “Any effort to address this cliff needs to include
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