Mike Lee: Senate parliamentarian told me it's possible to push harder on repealing Obamacare

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2618154 ^ | 3/22/17 | Phillip Klein

[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.

[falcon99]

Relax! Seriously. I asked a simple question because your statement made no sense to me. It wasn’t an attack, so why don’t you relax.

[cba123]

OK then.

I am relaxed. Thank you.

(odd you just posted that, when I logged back on here)

Have a good one. I’m going to sleep now, it’s just about midnight here.

Good night.

[falcon99]

Have a good night