Reps. Kind and Dent have called for a spending resolution that would repeal a medical device tax that helps fund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have rejected the proposal, according to the report.
The federal government shut down this week for the first time in 17 years after House lawmakers failed to pass a spending resolution. House Republicans made repeated attempts to defund, and then alter or delay portions of, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Democrat-led Senate rejected the House’s resolutions, and President Obama previously said he would not negotiate on altering his landmark healthcare reform law.
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