Republicans May Try To Skirt Around Parliamentarian, Conservatives Not Happy With Draft Bill

June 21, 2017 at 7:09 PM
Senate Republicans hope to work around the fact that key provisions included in the House-passed health care bill may not pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian, including measures to fund cost-sharing reduction payments, prohibit tax credits from being used for abortions and set up a stabilization fund. Meanwhile, conservatives like Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) are speaking out against the draft Senate bill for including ACA-like subsidies that would be income-adjusted. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Republicans have some options to...


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