House Republicans are growing frustrated with the direction both GOP leaders and rank-and-file are headed as the year nears its end.

House Republicans have repeatedly defied Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership amid growing frustration over how he's led the fractious majority.

On Wednesday, Fitzpatrick introduced a discharge petition, a fairly rare move, to force a vote on extending ACA subsidies. At least six Republicans have signed the petition, which was co-authored by Fitzpatrick and Representative Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat, to extend expiring credits for two years and to institute new eligibility requirements.

Nearly a dozen Republicans -- many from swing districts -- have signed onto dueling bipartisan discharge petitions to extend and reform the subsidies in the hopes of bypassing leadership and triggering a vote on the House floor.

Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, is under fire from all directions — from Democrats, naturally, but also from fellow Republicans angry with him for, well, just about everything.