Senate Scheduled To Vote This Week On Obamacare Repeal
The Senate legislation would delete large parts of the 2010 health law and will likely set up a veto fight with President Barack Obama. At the same time, Congress will attempt to move forward on key budget issues.
The Washington Post:
Senate To Vote On Obamacare Repeal This Week
Senate Republicans plan to vote this week on legislation that would repeal large parts of President Obama’s signature health care law, setting up a veto fight in the coming weeks. Leaders expect a final vote on a budget reconciliation bill targeting Obamacare as early as Thursday with debate beginning no later than Wednesday. The legislation would also cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood, allowing Republicans a chance to force a veto confrontation with Obama over both issues before the end of the year. (Snell, 11/30)
Politico:
Obamacare Repeal May Finally Land On Obama's Desk
Republicans are closer than ever to putting a repeal of Obamacare on the president’s desk. After an all-out effort by emissaries and allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the past two weeks to woo skeptical GOP senators, Senate Republicans are lining up behind a more aggressive plan to gut President Barack Obama's signature achievement through a majority-vote budget mechanism known as reconciliation. Obama, of course, would veto the proposal. But it would allow Republicans to finally say that Congress voted to overturn the health care law they've been railing against since it was signed into law nearly six years ago. Republicans have voted more than 50 times over the past five years to repeal Obamacare, with most of the attempts made in the House. (Everett and Haberkorn, 11/30)
The Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Bipartisan Talks Aimed At Making Tax Breaks Permanent
Republicans could win permanent extensions of the research and development tax credit, the deductibility of state sales taxes and a handful of other business tax breaks that expired at the end of 2014. The GOP would also get an extension, though perhaps not permanent, of bonus depreciation, a tax break for capital investment that’s been in place in some form since 2008. ... Democrats would get permanent extensions of tax credits for low-income families that are expiring at the end of 2017. They could also get an extension of the solar energy tax credit. The wind energy credit could also get extended and would be phased out, Hatch said. Delays of two pieces of Obamacare—the medical device tax and the Cadillac tax on high-cost health insurance—could also be included, [Sen. Orrin] Hatch said. Those taxes have bipartisan opposition. (Rubin, 11/30)
