5, 4, 3, 2, 1, . . .
Republicans, fearing that this could turn into an open-ended government bailout in the event of industry-wide losses, included a provision in last year's spending bill that limited the program, requiring HHS to pay out only from the pool of money collected, rather than supplementing it with other sources of government funding. President Obama signed that bill.
In this case, I guess it's a good thing the jug-eared exchange student from Kenya actually bought into Nancy Pelosi's "we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it" approach to legislating.
I’ll guarantee it.
“As long as Republicans keep their backbone and their eyes on the fine print, they can stop the bailout again.”
We are done for