Dems Urge Vote On Resolution Allowing Senate To Defend ACA In TX Case

Senate Democrats are urging their GOP colleagues to back a resolution calling for the Senate to intervene and defend the Affordable Care Act's preexisting conditions protections in the lawsuit brought by 20 GOP-led states challenging the constitutionality of the ACA, but Republicans, who have consistently said they support the consumer protections, have yet to agree to the resolution. After Congress passed legislation axing the individual mandate penalty as of Jan.1, 2019, the GOP-led states filed suit arguing the toothless mandate...