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Jim Sensenbrenner: The ObamaCare bailout package has no chance of passing in the Senate. The majority leader just admitted that. This is a…

On the recordMay 16, 2019
The ObamaCare bailout package has no chance of passing in the Senate. The majority leader just admitted that. This is a missed opportunity, and it is highly disappointing. The American people want us to work in a bipartisan manner. The American people want us to accomplish things, and this is a poison pill that will make sure that this bill never sees the light of day in the Senate and will never become law. When they take up this bill, I hope they strip out all the ObamaCare bailout--free of poison pills--and pass the bipartisan drug pricing bills so the House will be able to reconsider them in a more bipartisan fashion.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin
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May 16, 2019

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