House Republicans said repealing healthcare reform is still a priority, but they have not yet provided a date when the vote would take place.
Call to tone down rhetoric
Meanwhile, two senators from both sides of the aisle attempted to cool the rhetoric on healthcare reform. Speaking to CNN, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) acknowledged repeal advocates don’t have the needed votes in that chamber and added: “We ought to cool it, tone it down, treat each other with great respect, respect each other’s ideas.”
Also on CNN, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the majority whip, said Democrats would be willing to change the law, such as repealing the 1099 tax reporting requirement, which imposes an additional tax-filing requirement on small businesses for transactions of more than $600. “The only perfect law I know of was carried on stone tablets down a mountain by Senator Moses,” Sen. Durbin said.
Read the Politico report on healthcare reform.
Read more coverage of efforts to repeal the healthcare reform law.
– House Sets Jan. 12 for Vote to Repeal Reform Law
– President, GOP Set to Battle Over Appropriations for Reform Law
