MAGA Mike Shuts Down House as He Loses All Control

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on MAGA Mike Johnson losing control and shutting down the House of Representatives to avoid a vote before the new year on the discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies after four Republicans joined forces with Democrats. Go to https://qualialife.com/MEIDAS for up to 50% off your purchase and use code MEIDAS for an additional 15%. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.2	Oof, Maga Mike Johnson has shut down the House of Representatives.
1:35.5	He's sending all of the members home.
1:38.5	He's saying it's time to go on an early vacation.
1:42.3	This has he's totally lost control of the House of Representatives.
1:48.1	Four MAGA Republicans join forces with the Democrats to put forward a discharge petition
1:55.8	that would force a vote for a three-year extension on the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Certain so-called
2:04.2	moderate Republicans who are not all that moderate were trying to propose different solutions
2:11.0	in order to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies via discharge petitions. They ended up getting into a fight with each other so they could actually propose nothing.
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