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Senate GOP trying to craft ACA repeal

If Republicans hope to get a bill through the Senate, they will have to do so through reconciliation. However, reconciliation is only possible if the Senate parliamentarian rules that the bill will reduce the budget deficit.

By Jack Craver | Updated on May 22, 2017
If Republicans hope to get a bill through the Senate, they will have to do so through reconciliation. However, reconciliation is only possible if the Senate parliamentarian rules that the bill will reduce the budget deficit. (Photo: iStock)

Weeks after President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan celebrated the House of Representatives’ narrow approval of a bill repealing the Affordable Care Act, the future of President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy remains unclear.

Republican leaders in the Senate have made it abundantly clear that the bill that made it through the House has no chance in the upper chamber. Instead, they have pledged to craft their own repeal and replacement legislation.

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