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Senate To Start Drafting Health Care Bill Over Upcoming Recess
Senate Republicans have started writing their Obamacare repeal bill — even though few decisions have been made about how to resolve the biggest policy disagreements. Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi, whose committee oversees the budget process that the GOP is using to fast-track the repeal effort through the Senate, told POLITICO he’s starting to draft the legislation. (Haberkorn, 5/25)
"Over the break, initial legislation will be drafted and then we’ll have more time, actually have a basis to discuss" specific policies, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Thursday after leaving a meeting of the Senate Republicans’ healthcare working group. "We’ve had the discussions. It's time to draft a bill, and we’ll move forward on that when we get back." (Weixel, 5/25)
Johnson said he didn’t expect the draft legislation to be made public because it was still too early in the process. Democrats have slammed Republicans for writing their bill behind closed doors and for not moving through the typical committee process in the Senate. (McIntire, 5/25)
