We should protect and build on the gains we have made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) not peel them back.
Protect and build on the Affordable Care Act and the Inflation Reduction Act rather than roll back their gains.
Occurrences
Evidence
"Congressman Glenn Ivey Votes For 3-Year Extension of ACA Tax Credits" ... "His YES vote on the bipartisan ACA enhanced premium tax credit renewal, shields Marylanders from skyrocketing healthcare bills."
"We should protect and build on the gains we have made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) not peel them back." The page also says that extending and expanding ACA premium tax credits is part of that work.
Ivey's official healthcare page says: "We should protect and build on the gains we have made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) not peel them back." It also lists H.R. 247, the Health Care Affordability Act, as relevant legislation that "extends and expands the Affordable Care Act Premium Tax Credits."
Congress.gov lists H.R.247 as the Health Care Affordability Act of 2025, a bill "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan." Congress.gov shows Ivey, Glenn [D-MD] among the bill's cosponsors and states the bill status is Introduced, with latest action referral to Ways and Means on 01/09/2025.
The Clerk records Roll Call 11 on H.R.1834, vote question "On Passage," status "Passed," with 230 yeas and 196 nays. The vote list shows "Ivey Democratic Maryland MD Yea."
Congress.gov text for H.R.1834 states: "SECTION 1. Extension of enhanced premium tax credit" and amends section 36B to replace expiration dates before January 1, 2026 with before January 1, 2029. It also states the bill passed the House on January 8, 2026 and was placed on the Senate calendar on February 10, 2026.
Ivey's office announced that his "YES vote on the bipartisan ACA enhanced premium tax credit renewal" helped pass a three-year extension through the House and quoted Ivey saying the credits should be locked into law if the Senate also votes yes.
Congress.gov shows H.R.1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on 07/04/2025. Its public-law summary includes Medicaid eligibility and enrollment restrictions, including six-month redeterminations for the ACA Medicaid expansion population, Medicaid work or community-service requirements, and limits on Medicaid provider taxes. It also says the act's "Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies" subchapter terminates multiple energy-related federal tax credits, including clean vehicle, residential clean energy, and other clean energy credits.
The Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R.1, vote question "On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment," status "Passed," with 218 ayes and 214 noes. The vote list shows "Ivey Democratic Maryland MD No."
Assessments
Ivey took concrete same-term actions aligned with the promise: he cosponsored ACA affordability legislation, voted for House passage of a three-year ACA enhanced premium tax credit extension, and voted against H.R.1. But the ACA credit extension had not become law, while H.R.1 did become Public Law 119-21 and rolled back ACA-related Medicaid protections and IRA clean-energy tax-credit gains. Because the promised federal outcome was not delivered despite serious legislative effort, this is a failed delivery with effort credit.
Ivey has taken direct same-term action consistent with the promise, including voting for a House measure to extend ACA enhanced premium tax credits and publicly continuing to advocate protecting ACA and IRA gains. However, the evidence does not show that the broader promised outcome was fully delivered: protecting and building on both the Affordable Care Act and Inflation Reduction Act is a broad federal policy outcome, and a House vote or stated position alone does not establish enacted, durable protection or expansion of those laws. This supports partial credit for material effort and partial advancement, not full delivery.