Washington, Jan. 8 -- Representative Sharice Davids issued the following press release:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to extend the lifesaving Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that reduced health care costs for more than 160,000 Kansans by an average of $700 a year. House Republican leadership had previously blocked action, allowing these tax credits to expire - driving premiums up by an average of 77 percent nationwide and pushing an estimated 4.2 million Americans off their health insurance. After four Republicans previously joined every Democrat to force a vote on the package, it successfully passed the House today with 213 Democrats and 17 Republicans voting in support.
"Families from both parties are seeing their...