House Outlines Alternative to Senate Deal on Spending and Debt Limit House Republicans on Tuesday put forward the outline of a response to a Senate proposal that would end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit into next year, but would also make some changes to the health care law. Under their plan, members of Congress and the cabinet would be compelled to obtain health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, but would not receive the employer subsidy from the government. Further, the deal would suspend a medical device tax for two years, something that was dropped from a Senate compromise in the making. The plan would reopen the government with a spending plan that would last through Jan. 15th and increase the debt limit through the beginning of February. READ MORE » nytimes/news/fiscal-crisis/2013/10/15/house-outlines-plan-on-spending-and-debt-limit/?hp=&emc=edit_na_20131015
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:21:02 +0000
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