The House floor exploded today after Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly slammed the gavel and ended a vote early on a discharge petition that would have forced action on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits. Lawmakers were still trying to cast votes when Johnson cut it off, freezing the count and triggering boos, shouting, and outright chaos in the chamber. The reason was obvious: enough Republicans had already broken ranks with Democrats that leadership was about to lose control. Rather than al