The Fix Analysis Rand Paul, a copy machine and a secret Obamacare bill

By Amber Phillips at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/02/rand-paul-a-copy-machine-and-a-secret-obamacare-bill/?utm_term=.0f68723e9eed#a-2a3f1995-0de9-4ae8-8779-7caef72b3ae6

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It's true that a proposal to change/reform/replace Obamacare is indeed in a somewhat secret room. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the draft is in a special viewing room only available to the 50+ lawmakers (and their staff members) who sit on the House Energy and Commerce committee, one of the committees with jurisdiction over health-care reform. “Nobody will be given copies to take with them,” Bloomberg reported.

The secrecy appears to be an attempt to prevent what happened last week, when another draft of the Obamacare bill leaked and blew up in House Republicans' faces. Conservatives said they couldn't support that version because it didn't go far enough in fully abolishing Obamacare.

(Legislation is generally not made public until it is officially debated in committee, but legislation like this often leaks to lobbyists and reporters.)

Now, influential groups such as FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity and Heritage Action for America plan to pressure lawmakers to support a full repeal or face the wrath of tea party conservatives, The Post's David Weigel and Sean Sullivan report.

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