(H.R. 4872) On a motion allowing a vote on passage of an amendment to immediately suspend health care reform legislation if the Congressional Budget Office estimated that it would not reduce the deficit as predicted in any given year, by waiving the Senate’s budget rules
senate Roll Call 99
Mar 25, 2010
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This was ostensibly a vote on a motion to waive the Senate's budget rules with respect to an amendment by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) that would have immediately suspended the implementation of health care reform legislation if the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] estimated that it would not reduce the deficit as predicted in any given year. (The CBO had projected the legislation would reduce the deficit every year in which it was in effect.) The measure Vitter sought to amend was a “companion bill” making a number of changes to health care reform legislation already signed into law by President Obama. The underlying context was that Republicans were trying to attach amendments to the companion bill in order to send it back the House, where it had passed by a narrow margin. CNN reported that Republicans had chosen to offer a slew of amendments in order to “undermine the measure,” while the Associated Press characterized the amendments as “a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama's health care remake.” |
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