JUST THE FACTS:

On January 8, the House of Representatives voted 230-196 Thursday to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years.

Seventeen Republicans joined all Democrats in favor, but Russell Fry voted NO. Speaker Mike Johnson also opposed the extension.

The enhanced subsidies, which expired at the end of 2025, had helped keep premiums lower for millions of Americans. The bill now moves to the Senate, where similar legislation was voted down in December. Even if the Senate were to pass this bill, President Trump has long opposed the ACA without offering an alternative and is expected to veto any extension. A bipartisan group of senators is working on a compromise deal that would extend tax credits for two years instead of three.

JOHN VINCENT'S UNFILTERED COMMENTS:

How much more proof do we need? Russell Fry did not join fellow Republicans to vote to extend ACA subsidies. He voted to end them. 100,000 people in this district rely on those to make their health care premiums. He said, too bad.

Here's his excuse: "It's a flawed, horrible, system, it's terrible. It's not fiscally responsible."

This is a guy who voted for a $3.5 trillion dollar increase to our deficit, $3.5 trillion, to benefit overwhelmingly the super, super rich and massive corporations. He's not for working families. He doesn't care about veterans.

Come on. This is a guy who voted to cut medicaid by a trillion dollars, SNAP by $187 billion dollars. Veterans need those benefits and that coverage. Seniors, children, 26% of our children live in poverty. Does he care? Nope, as long as the super-rich get their money.

The Affordable Care Act is flawed. It needs to be fixed. It needs to be adjusted. The federal government shouldn't be providing endless subsidies to the healthcare industry. But that's not the people's fault. It's Congress's fault. They've had over a decade and all they do is whine, complain, and point fingers.

This guy doesn't care about you and he doesn't care about fiscal responsibility. I will proudly tell you that I am a fiscal conservative. If it was possible, which it's not, I would be a supporter of a balanced budget amendment. But what I can say is, yes, I would support an 18-month extension of ACA subsidies. And at the end of the month, when we're coming up to another gap bill for the 4,000th consecutive time, I would say this is the cost for those 18 months or 24 months. Where is that money coming from? We have to take it out at a minimum break even, but we need to actually cut more than we spend, just like we need to do with our credit cards and we need to do with the rest of our budget.

Fry doesn't care. He has one priority, getting reelected. At some point, we all need to realize this. Just believe him in how he votes.

#ByeByeFry #VincentForCongress #SC7 #PeopleOverPolitics #SouthCarolina