Thune comes under GOP pressure to bypass Democrats on health care
(The Hill) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is coming under increasing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues to bring health care legislation to the Senate floor amid fears of a Democratic wave in November.
Conservatives are pushing the GOP to move a package similar to President Trump’s new health care reform proposal through the budget reconciliation process, which would allow it to avoid a Democratic filibuster and pass the Senate with a simple majority.
Thune has so far resisted that maneuver, though he says using the special budget reconciliation process to circumvent Democratic resistance is an “option.”
He is also getting pressure from moderate and swing-state Republicans to vote on a package to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies that expired this month.
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