Extend Affordable Care Act tax credit subsidies.

Brittany Pettersen · Colorado · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 77%

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Evidence

Subtitle C is titled "Affordable Care Act Subsidies." Section 12001 amended Internal Revenue Code section 36B by replacing 2021/2022 language with coverage "after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026" and headings reading "2021 THROUGH 2025."

The existing enhanced ACA premium tax credit expansion was already scheduled by law to run only through 2025, so a new extension was needed for 2026 and beyond.

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Public Law 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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The Clerk lists Discharge Petition No. 10 for H.Res. 780, providing for consideration of H.R. 1834. Brittany Pettersen, Colorado CO-07, Democratic, appears as signature number 131 with signed date November 12, 2025.

Pettersen took concrete procedural action to force House consideration of the ACA tax-credit extension bill.

partial same_term A for effort

Discharge Petition No. 10, Bill Number: H.Res. 780, 119th Congress
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Section 1 is titled "Extension of enhanced premium tax credit" and would replace "through 2025" with "through 2028" and "before January 1, 2026" with "before January 1, 2029." The text says it passed the House January 8, 2026, and was read the second time and placed on the Senate calendar February 10, 2026.

The House-passed bill directly matched the promise by extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits through 2028, but Congress.gov shows it had not become law and was only on the Senate calendar.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1834 - Breaking the Gridlock Act, Text
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Congress.gov lists the latest action as Senate, February 10, 2026: read the second time and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar, Calendar No. 319. The tracker status is "Passed House," with later steps "Passed Senate," "To President," and "Became Law" not completed.

As of the available Congress.gov status, the extension effort had advanced through the House but had not passed the Senate or become law, so the promise was not fulfilled.

never same_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.1834, Breaking the Gridlock Act, Bill Overview
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Roll Call 11 on H.R. 1834, Breaking the Gridlock Act, was an On Passage vote. Status: Passed. Vote totals were yea 230, nay 196. The Clerk lists Pettersen, Democratic, Colorado, as voting Yea.

Pettersen voted for final House passage of the ACA tax-credit extension bill, a concrete effort toward the promise, but House passage alone did not deliver the extension into law.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 11, H.R. 1834
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was an enacted extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credit subsidies. H.R. 1834 directly matched that goal and passed the House on January 8, 2026, with Pettersen voting yea and previously signing the discharge petition to force consideration. But the latest Congress.gov status shows the bill only placed on the Senate calendar on February 10, 2026, with no Senate passage, presidential signature, or law enacted. That is a serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised policy.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%