Senate GOP Leaders Endorse Bill To Extend Obamacare Subsidies To 2017

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top five Republican leaders have cosponsored legislation to extend until 2017 the Obamacare insurance subsidies that may be struck down by the Supreme Court this summer.

The legislation, offered by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), one of the most politically vulnerable Senate incumbents in 2016, would maintain the federal HealthCare.gov subsidies at stake in King v. Burwell through the end of August 2017.

The bill was unveiled this week with 29 other cosponsors, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his four top deputies, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY) and Roy Blunt (R-MO). Another cosponsor is Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the chairman of the conference's electoral arm.

Such a move would seek to protect the GOP from political peril in the 2016 elections when Democrats would try to blame the party for stripping subsidies — and maybe insurance coverage — from millions of Americans in three dozen states. A defeat for the Obama administration in a King ruling would likely create havoc across insurance markets and pose a huge problem for Republicans, many of whom have been pushing the Supreme Court to nix the subsidies.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/senate-republicans-obamacare-subsidies-ron-johnson

[SPCraft71]

1. Their hypocrisy .....

Their hypocrisy apparently knows NO bounds!!!

[SoapBox]

2. Super ditto!

It's all about political games for the Pukes and Baggers.

[geek tragedy]

3. Wha? Their base will go ballistic over this. nt

[geek tragedy]

4. Oh, this explains it:

The Johnson bill also contains sweeteners for conservatives which are non-starters for Democrats — it would repeal Obamacare's individual mandate and employer mandate, and remove federal rules requiring that insurance plans cover a minimum package of "essential health benefits." If those provisions are ultimately stripped, though, the legislation could have legs.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. They call them "sweetners"

I call them "poison pills". VETO!

[geretogo]

5. The GOP is the worlds largest death panel , bar none . This cult needs to needs to be eliminated

from this country .

[turbinetree]

6. I think

the new book by Ian Millhiser, should be read, especially how this current right wing supreme court compares and fares with the other right wing courts that this country has had for over 150 years
And why individuals like Johnson and other right wing republicans keep getting elected------this country is really in big trouble if these hypocrites keep getting re-elected.
If the Wisconsinite's put's him back into office along with the other four...........