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Politico: The supposedly hard deadline at the end of the month to repeal Obamacare might not be so hard after all.
Heres how it could be done: While the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the repeal push under fiscal 2017 must die after Sept. 30, Republicans could provide reconciliation instructions for both health care and tax reform in the fiscal 2018 budget resolution that Congress must pass to again unlock the fast-track procedural powers. That might entail some procedural hurdles, but one GOP aide said Monday that because the Finance Committee has jurisdiction over about 95 percent of health care policy, its not like we couldnt slip it in anyway.'
Said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT): Weve got to do both. Theyre complicated by necessity. So I dont think that takes away the complications. But I think were supposed to be able to handle complications.
https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/25/gop-may-attempt-health-care-tax-reform-time/
mucifer
(23,550 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,163 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)i predict tax reform will go the same way their healthcare bullshit did
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)So now they think they can do both?
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)these bozos really,really can do.