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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsParliamentarian deals setback to Republican healthcare bill
McTurtle is going to be pissed!
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/343234-parliamentarian-deals-setback-to-gop-healthcare-bill
Major portions of the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare will require 60 votes, according to the Senate parliamentarian, meaning they are unlikely to survive on the floor.
The parliamentarian has advised senators that several parts of the bill could be stripped out, according to a document released Friday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. (Read the ruling here.)
The provisions that would likely be removed include polices important to conservatives, such as restrictions on tax credits being used for insurance plans that cover abortion.
Language in the bill defunding Planned Parenthood for a year also violates the rules of reconciliation, according to the parliamentarian. Republicans are using those rules to try and pass the bill with only a simple majority.
(bonus- angry turtle lashes-out video at link)
https://i.imgur.com/qCzG70z.mp4
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Parliamentarian deals setback to Republican healthcare bill (Original Post)
Snarkoleptic
Jul 2017
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Matthew28
(1,796 posts)1. Die bill, die!
Kaleva
(36,256 posts)2. Kill Bill: Volume III
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)3. He will be pissed, his dream is to
harm as many of us as possible.
But no worries, Mitch, next monday after Trump has Mueller fired, you will back trump up and our country will cease to exist, so you win either way
You fucking traitor