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saturnsring

(1,832 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:06 PM Nov 2015

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Senate Republicans get green light for ObamaCare repeal bill [View all]

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that defunding Planned Parenthood can be part of a special Republican package repealing parts of ObamaCare, The Hill has learned.

The parliamentarian on Tuesday gave word that the provision passes muster under the Senate’s Byrd Rule, which means it can be attached to a reconciliation package that cannot be filibustered on the Senate floor.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/259752-senate-gop-gets-green-light-for-obamacare-repeal-bill

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Senate Republicans get green light for ObamaCare repeal bill [View all] saturnsring Nov 2015 OP

In the end it will just get vetoed by PBO Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2015 #1

it's a post to help show what is in store for us if we lose the w.h. saturnsring Nov 2015 #2

Lather, rinse, repeat! longship Nov 2015 #3

List is getting longer, isn't it? Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2015 #4

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