Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is not budging on a provision in his mental health bill that Democrats say would be a deal-breaker.
Cornyn told Morning Consult on Monday that Republicans still want to merge his bill with bipartisan mental health legislation in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. He added, however, that he has not talked to Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) about the merger since before the holiday recess. But Alexander concurred with Cornyn’s assessment, saying the bills would be merged after separate committee votes.
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