Posted on 03/22/2017 6:00:49 PM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said on Wednesday that the Senate parliamentarian has told him that it may be possible for Republicans to push harder on repealing Obamacare's regulations than the current House bill, which contradicts the assertion by House leadership that the legislation goes after Obamacare as aggressively as possible under Senate rules.
"What I understood her to be saying is that there's no reason why an Obamacare repeal bill necessarily could not have provisions repealing the health insurance regulations," Lee said in an interview with the Washington Examiner, relating a conversation with parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough about reconciliation he had on Tuesday.
Lee also said that the parliamentarian told him it wasn't until very recently, after the unveiling of the House bill, that any Republican even asked her about the possibility of repealing regulations with a simple majority.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Nobody bothered to ask! Not McConnell, not Ryan, nobody...because they didn't want to!
Was Lee a Cruz supporter?
Just asking. Could be wrong, but I think so.
He was, yes, as far as I know.
All this stuff in peripheral. The issue is that I do not and will not pay the insurance premiums for parasites!! That is communism.They have the ER . They have healthcare. I do not and will not ever pay for their insurance premiums with a company!! Who is getting rich here? Who is making donations to Paul RYAN? this is madness .KILL RINOCARE!! There is nothing in the constitution forcing me to buy crap for other people!!
If the House Republicans can’t push harder than this, they should resign.
I sesnse that employer lobbies and the donor class quietly are making it clear they want government healthcare to stay.
I’m missing the relevance of the question. Please explain
Relax.
Just a question.
We have about 24 hours to go and people are starting to blink. Looks like Ryan and company maybe blinking first.
All this stuff in peripheral. The issue is that I do not and will not pay the insurance premiums for parasites!! That is communism.They have the ER . They have healthcare. >>> you pay in your insurance contract with the hospital. They add the cost to everyones bill. just like a retail store adds the value of its theft losses to the price of a can of soda, etc. we still pay.
Dr. Lee Cruz did not win the primary, he was not elected President, nor were you.
There’s the solution. Pass the bill in the House and amend in the Senate.
It’s amazing what a little brainstorming can accomplish, with Trump’s help.
“Dr. Lee Cruz did not win the primary, he was not elected President, nor were you.”
There is nothing about Cruz in this article.
The president campaigned on repealing Obamacare. Lee is advocating how it is possible to do so.
Maybe you prefer the Pelosi approach? We have to vote for it to see what’s in it?
Vote no on RINOcare! Let’s get real repeal!
Why is that relevant?
Doesn't matter when you have CDS. If you have CDS, you never pass up an opportunity to show how much you hate Cruz, even if it's utterly irrelevant.
Doesn't matter when you have CDS. If you have CDS, you never pass up an opportunity to show how much you hate Cruz, even if it's utterly irrelevant.
This was always a big, fake issue and a lie anyway.
As has been pointed out by others (e.g., Larry Kudlow and Ted Cruz) a case could be made that anything about Obamacare repeal impacts the budget and so can be included. But the GOP could simply replace this Democrat parliamentarian with a more amenable GOP one—as they should have by now anyway—or have Pence come in and overrule her from his seat as well.
The reconciliation excuse has been big lie used by Ryan and Trump to falsely claim that a better bill couldn’t be passed.
I hate Paul Ryan. I hate the establishment. I wish we could wipe them clean out of politics.
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