Senate Republicans Toss Potential Obamacare Bomb Into Tax Bill
- Tax legislation would repeal health-care law’s mandate
- Move complicates politics of tax vote in House and Senate
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Senate Republicans have tossed a potential bomb in the middle of their tax overhaul bill.
The plan released Tuesday night mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation. While the move will help them meet their fiscal target, it complicates the vote calculations in both chambers and hands Democrats a bumper sticker-ready issue they can use to charge up their base.