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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering conservatives

Some conservatives in Washington were fuming on Tuesday after an Obamacare rollback bill was tweaked by Republican leaders to delete a provision meant to crack down on illegal immigrants getting federal healthcare insurance coverage.

The development posed another problem for Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and President Donald Trump, who are trying to win congressional approval of the wider bill, the first big legislative test for Trump since taking office.

The provision would have allowed the Treasury Department to access data at the Department of Homeland Security to verify that healthcare tax credits went only to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, not to illegal immigrants.

In a largely procedural move, it was dropped from the bill after the Senate Parliamentarian determined that the Senate Finance Committee, which handles tax credits under the bill, does not have purview over the Department of Homeland Security.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

HOW can they Wipeout Medicaid ? there will be millions of republican voters pissed off.so people wont wont have healthcare ?.

Anonymous said...

No illegal should get any type of tax credits or benefits that for US citizens.

Anonymous said...

Here goes the "rogue" Republicans led by Paul Ryan. Looks like he wants to be President. That is an automatic no from this voter.