Senaten når överenskommelse

Senaten har nu kommit fram till en överenskommelse som skjuter upp problemen några månader framåt i tiden, men en överenskommelse none the less. Överenskommelsen kan nog inte ses som mycket annat än en förlust för republikanerna, som har tvingat amerikanska staten till en partiell nedstängning under 2 veckor för att nu bryta dödläget med endast obetydliga förändringar i Obamacare som belöning. Förslaget är partiöverskridande och framtaget av den demokratiske senatorn Harry Reid i samarbete med den republikanske senatorn Mitch McConnell.

 

"The bill will barely scathe Obamacare, however, and putting it on the floor will mark a huge concession by the House after sparking a 16-day government shutdown over insistence that the health care law be defunded or delayed as a condition to keep the government open. Dozens of conservatives in the House will be disappointed by the proposal and Boehner will need Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to deliver a bevy of votes to pass the bill.

Reid (D-Nev.) and McConnell (R-Ky.) are very close to finishing an agreement to reopen the government through Jan. 15, lift the debt ceiling through Feb. 7 and develop a bicameral budget committee that would be required to develop a conference report by Dec. 13.

The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject of the debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised.

The deal would also deliver back pay to furloughed federal workers, require income verification for people seeking health-insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and also allow the Treasury Department to use extraordinary measures to pay the nation’s bills if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling by Feb. 7""


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