Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Senator Cruz Found an Overlooked 1974 Rule That Could Be a Real Game-changer for Repealing Obamacare

http://hillarydaily.com/brandon/2017/03/13/senator-cruz-found-an-overlooked-1974-rule-that-could-be-a-real-game-changer-for-repealing-obamacare/ ^ | 3/13/17 

However, Cruz’s strategy – which would leverage the power Vice President Mike Pence has as president of the Senate – “might blow up the Senate too,” Bloomberg Politics notes.
One of the main complaints Republican lawmakers have with the new health care reform bill is that it employs many of the same provisions as its predecessor, with some even labelling it “Obamacare Lite.”
The Hill explains exactly why the scope of this bill is so limited:
House Republicans left several reforms popular with conservatives out of their health care bill because the parliamentarian is likely to rule them outside the scope of special rules in the upper chamber that prevent a Democratic filibuster.
These special rules hinge on what is known as “reconciliation,” a process that allows legislation that affects the budge, but has a limited scope to be passed with only a simple Senate majority, which makes them immune to filibuster.
Traditionally, it has fallen to the parliamentarian – who advises the Senate “on the interpretation of its rules and procedures” – to determine what should and should not be considered a reconciliation bill.
However, Cruz’s strategy – which would leverage the power Vice President Mike Pence has as president of the Senate – “might blow up the Senate too,” Bloomberg Politics notes.
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