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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom the NYT- Parliamentarian nixes key Provisions of Trumpcare/now need 60 for repeal and replace.
I know a subscription may be needed by some...so here are the most important points:
"One provision questioned by the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, and cherished by conservatives would cut off federal funds for Planned Parenthood for one year. Another would prohibit use of federal subsidies to buy insurance that includes coverage for abortions. A third provision would penalize people who go without health insurance by requiring them to wait six months before their coverage could begin."
"...If formally challenged, the provisions could survive only with 60 votes, a near-impossibility in the partisan, narrowly divided Senate. The abortion-related provisions are important to many conservatives, not just in the Senate but also in the House..."
"...And Democrats made clear they would seize on the findings. The parliamentarians decision today proves once again that the process Republicans have undertaken to repeal the Affordable Care Act and throw 22 million Americans off of health insurance is a disaster, said Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/senate-parliamentarian-health-bill.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)"We'll change the rules. Do not persist"
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)This means they can't vote on repeal and replace without 60.
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)so called senator, fucking Cory Gardner, with that stinking infernal smile.
beveeheart
(1,369 posts)He's listed in my phone as Sen Cory Fucking Gardner.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)This means repeal and replace is dead. I can't help but believe they don't have enough votes for straight repeal.