Posted on 12/01/2015 6:25:03 PM PST by FourPeas
A Republican U.S. senator who said earlier he opposed his party's House bill to repeal Obamacare's core provisions is now "strongly leaning" toward supporting the Senate version of the measure.
Such a decision by Senator Mike Lee of Utah would increase the chances that the Republican-controlled Congress can send a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act to President Barack Obama for the first time. The president has said he would veto legislation that would destroy much of his signature domestic achievement, and Democrats in Congress would be able to block an override.
Lee in October joined two other Senate Republicans in saying they opposed legislation passed by the House, H.R. 3762, because it wasn't a full repeal of Obamacare. The measure also would strip federal funds from Planned Parenthood.
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Lee "is very encouraged by what is in the reconciliation bill, but we are waiting until the parliamentarian has signed off on the full text before we say anything publicly," Conn Carroll, a Lee spokesman, said in an e-mail. Lee is "strongly leaning" toward supporting the Senate bill, the spokesman said.
Lee and fellow Republican senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas -- both seeking the party's 2016 presidential nomination -- said in an October statement the House bill "isn't good enough" because it doesn't fully repeal Obamacare. "If this bill cannot be amended so that it fully repeals Obamacare subject to Senate rules, we cannot support this bill," the three senators said.
I COULD cut the grass one last time.
Waiting for the wire to pick up the story.
His “signature domestic achievement” — yeah, the almost complete destruction of U.S. health care industry. Insurance rates so sky-high nobody can afford them. And if you can afford them, there’s no way in hell you can afford the deductibles and co-pays.
No wonder he’s looking to the patently fake “global warming” arena for a legacy.
I can’t wait till Hildebeeste tries to run on his “signature achievement.”
Of Course, Donald Trump did NOT vote on this as he was not a ‘politician’ at that time....
Yeah, ignore the murdered babies. Ignore that taxpayers are funding dismembering infants. You’re pathetic.
What are you talking about? Trump said just tonight in his rally in New Hampshire he would totally defund Planned Parenthood....
Why don’t you listen once in a while or try to comprehend what others are talking about?
GO.TRUMP.GO!!!
That’s just another flip-flop when his original position was met with intense criticism. He previously praised the organization for all of the “good things” it does and won praise in return from them.
UNDO ALL OF IT!!!!
IT IS LIKE KUDZU. ROOTS AND ALL OR IT WILL METASTISIZE AGAIN!
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