GOP Bill To Repeal Health Insurance Tax Earns Majority Support With Six Dems

April 22, 2015 at 7:46 PM
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives now supports a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act's health insurance tax, with 218 co-sponsors on board since Reps. Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the legislation Feb. 12. Of the total 218, six are Democrats: Reps. Brad Ashford (NE), Julia Brownley (CA), Gwen Graham (FL), Patrick Murphy (FL), Collin Peterson (MN) and Sinema. Notable Republicans who chair committees with jurisdiction over health-related bills, like Reps. Paul Ryan (WI)...


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