Republican unity on how to respond to President Obama’s decision to only selectively enforce Obamacare sure didn’t last long. Less than one full week after the Treasury and Health and Human Services Department formally released regulations delaying both the employer mandate and individual income verification requirements, House and Senate Republicans are sharply divided over how to proceed.
House Republicans are calling for a series of votes designed to embarrass Democrats by forcing them to ratify Obama’s big-business-friendly implementation of the Affordable Care Act. A first vote on a stand alone bill, scheduled for next week, would essentially legalize what Obama did July 5, by delaying implementation of the employer mandate for one year.
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