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Competing Factions Complicate GOP's Health Efforts: 'You Can鈥檛 Have 52 People Drafting The Bill'
Senate Republicans may have too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to healthcare, and it鈥檚 complicating efforts to draft an ObamaCare replacement bill. The main Senate group working on crafting healthcare legislation is the task force of 13 men backed by Senate leaders. It won negative attention early on for its lack of women, at which point GOP leaders opened it up to all members. (Weixel, 6/6)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell鈥檚 13-member health care working group has gotten a lot of attention. But in the Senate, where a minority group of members can effectively stall any legislation from advancing, buy-in from the broader Republican Conference will be necessary for the GOP to succeed in overhauling President Barack Obama鈥檚 signature domestic policy achievement, the 2010 health care law. Given those dynamics, Roll Call has compiled its own roster of 13 lawmakers to watch as debate on the repeal bill continues. The list represents the various factions within the Republican Conference and the opposing views on key issues. (Williams and Kelly, 6/6)
