New Senate GOP plan would raise debt-limit until after 2014 election (3 women to Obama's side)

The Hill ^ | October 12, 2013 | Alexander Bolton

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A trio of centrist Senate Republicans is pushing a plan to reopen the government for six months, extend the debt ceiling until Jan. 31, 2014 and make reforms to ObamaCare.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is spearheading the proposal along with Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).

It would address Tea-Party conservatives concerns over Medicare by delaying the medical device tax for two years and creating an income verification program under the Affordable Care Act to ensure only eligible individuals receive subsidies on the insurance exchanges.

The delay of the Medical Device Tax would be paid for by extending pension smoothing provisions contained in the highway transportation bill, MAP-21, that Congress passed in 2012. Pension smoothing allows the government to spread out pension losses over extended time periods.

Many Republicans, however, called for a full repeal of the tax.....

[j. earl carter]

What am I missing here?

You left out the 1st set of elections in the spring of 2014.

I'm getting kinda excited about these primaries.

[free me]

You’re not missing anything. The headline was a mistake and has since been corrected. Editors aren’t what they used to be.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Cincinatus’ Wife.

Democrats reject Susan Collins proposal
Politico | October 12, 2013 | MANU RAJU
Posted on Sat Oct 12 12:44:12 2013 by Cincinatus’ Wife
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3078069/posts

[GailA]

all three are RINOS

[acapesket]

Proncess Lisa cheated her way to the Top!

[reaganbooster]

The medical device tax was put in the legislation as a potential bargining chip. It was designed to be thrown out at some point. O’bomber admitted this recently when he said it is not an essential part of the legislation. If the GOP thinks this is a big concession, then it’s further proof it is the stupid party.