Senate aides from both sides of the aisle met with Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Friday to make their case about whether the House-passed reconciliation bill meets the Senate’s strict budget rules. And now Republican aides and lobbyists say they are concerned a provision to defund Planned Parenthood might violate those rules. That could lead Senate Republicans to re-write the language concerning the women’s health organization, or even drop it from the reconciliation bill entirely.
That outcome might make the reconciliation package a more appealing “yea” vote for some members of the GOP Senate Conference who might otherwise be turned off by the election-year consequences of voting against Planned Parenthood.
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