The Washington Post reported that moderate House Republicans joined Democrats to force a floor vote to extend pandemic-era enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies after centrist lawmakers filed a discharge petition that reached the 218 signatures needed to compel a vote and wrest control of the chamber’s agenda from GOP leaders.Four centrist Republicans — Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan, Ryan Mackenzie and Mike Lawler — signed the petition this week as Democrats led by Hakeem Jeffries pushed the effort, and under House procedures a forced vote could occur as soon as January; the Senate has already rejected the proposal, leaving the subsidies likely to expire at year’s end unless lawmakers reverse course.Speaker Mike Johnson declined a standalone vote and advanced a Republican package called the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act that does not extend the enhanced subsidies; a CBO analysis says the plan would cut marketplace premiums roughly 11 percent and reduce federal deficits by about $35.6 billion through 2035 while producing about 100,000 fewer insured people per year from 2027 through 2035, prompting debate over tradeoffs between lower premiums, federal savings and coverage levels.