01-09-2017 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com

Republicans now have a drop-dead date for replacing Obamacare

Republicans have only one month to pass legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare through the process by which they tried and failed earlier this summer.
According to a Friday ruling from the Senate parliamentarian, the window to pass an Obamacare-repeal bill through the process known as budget reconciliation will close at the end of September.
Reconciliation allows a bill to pass with a simple majority of votes and bypass a potential filibuster in the Senate as long as it lowers the federal
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