A new and revised version of the troubled Senate healthcare bill may
be shipped off to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for review this
week,
The Washington Post reports.
Capitol Hill aides and lobbyists told the newspaper that Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing to get a reworked bill to the
CBO by Friday.
"McConnell is trying to move quickly to produce a new CBO score by
the time lawmakers return to Washington in mid-July, giving the Senate
about two weeks to fulfill the majority leader's goal of voting before
the August recess," The Post's Paige Winfield Cunningham and Sean
Sullivan write.
McConnell spokesman David Popp told the newspaper the majority
leader and his aides will press on with negotiations through the end
of the week and be in frequent communication with the CBO.
In addition to revisions, McConnell also will have to change the
minds of Senate lawmakers who've refused to back the bill thus far.
On Tuesday, Senate leaders put off a vote on the GOP healthcare
bill until after the July 4 recess amid growing opposition from
Republican members. The bill was drafted in secret by a group of
senators headed by McConnell.
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