Democrats Score Gigantic Win As Major Parts Obamacare Repeal Will Require 60 Senate Votes

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Some good news if they pass the repeal bill.


Democrats Score Gigantic Win As Major Parts Obamacare Repeal Will Require 60 Senate Votes

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By Jason Easley on Fri, Jul 21st, 2017 at 8:22 pm

Democrats scored a huge win as the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that major provisions of the Obamacare repeal bill will require 60 votes to pass.


Here are the provisions of the Obamacare repeal bill that will require 60 votes in the Senate:

• Defunding Planned Parenthood: This section prohibits Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds for one year. (Sec. 124)

• Abortion Restrictions for Tax Credits: Two separate provisions contain Hyde Amendment language to prevent premium tax credits and small business tax credits from being used to purchase health insurance that covers abortion. (Sec. 102(d)(1) and Sec. 103(b))

• Sunset of Essential Health Benefits Requirement for Medicaid: This provision states that, beginning in 2020, states no longer have to cover essential health benefits in their Medicaid alternative benefit plans. (Sec. 126(b))

• Funding for Cost-Sharing Subsidies: This section replicates current law by providing funding for the subsidies through 2019. (Sec. 208)...More...........

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[virtualobserver]

1. can't the Republicans just change the rules?

[riversedge]

2. Yes, I think so. But do not know how many votes it would take??

[virtualobserver]

3. simple majority....if they change the rules and then we take the House and Senate..

...and then the Presidency two years later, they are screwed.

Even though THEY changed the rules......if that happens though, they will howl and whine like babies and call for Democrats to reinstate those "hallowed rules of the Senate".

[WinstonSmith4740]

5. Or they'll write it to "sunset" in two years.

Just in case. They wrote a special law like this to get McMaster (I think it was him) approved. It was literally written for that purpose only and basically expired immediately.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Actually they can just overrule the parlimentarian in this single case...

without actually changing any rules.

[virtualobserver]

6. The Republicans no longer care about the rule of law. They certainly wouldn't hesitate to overrule..

the parliamentarian.