The Senate took a “step in the right direction” by bolstering a fast-tracked House bill to repeal Obamacare during the budget reconciliation process, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kans., told The Daily Signal. But rather than renew a push for what he calls “repeal lite,” Huelskamp said, conservatives should “start over” in 2017 and pursue “a fuller repeal” of the health care law.
The Senate passed its bill rolling back key provisions of the Affordable Care Act by a vote of 52 to 47 Thursday night. The measure also places a one-year moratorium on funding for Planned Parenthood.
“This is a good exercise for us to know exactly the process of reconciliation,” Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, told The Daily Signal on Wednesday.
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