(H.R. 4872) On a motion to table (kill) an amendment that would have prohibited the implementation of health care reform legislation until the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certify that the legislation will lower health care costs
senate Roll Call 96
Mar 25, 2010
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This was ostensibly a vote on a motion to table (kill) an amendment by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to health care legislation that would have prohibited the Health and Human Services Department from implementing health care reform legislation until the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) certifies that the legislation will lower health care costs. (The CMS actuary analyzes issues relating to health care financing.) The measure Cornyn sought to amend was a “companion bill” making a number of changes to health care reform legislation already signed into law by President Obama. The underlying context was that Republicans were trying to attach amendments to the companion bill in order to send it back the House, where it had passed by a narrow margin. CNN reported that Republicans had chosen to offer a slew of amendments in order to “undermine the measure,” while the Associated Press characterized the amendments as “a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama's health care remake.” |
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