White House Open to Dropping Obamacare Mandate Repeal in Tax Plan
- Taking out an ‘impediment’ could win over skeptical senators
- Trump administration officials fan out to sell tax bills
Trennert on What Survives From the Senate Tax Reform Bill
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The White House wouldn’t oppose removing from the Senate tax plan a controversial provision to repeal the individual health-care mandate of the Affordable Care Act, budget director Mick Mulvaney said, a move that could help secure the vote of key Republicans.
The provision could be dropped if it becomes “an impediment,” Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”