Republicans don’t appear certain the individual mandate repeal will ultimately be part of their tax proposal, but it appears the Senate Finance Committee will include repeal language in the bill it reports to the floor. “We’re optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with Republicans. “No one needs to be talking about the individual mandate at this point,” Hatch said Tuesday. ), who supports including the mandate repeal in the bill, said no decision has been made. told reporters that part of the agreement moving forward is for the Senate to pass the Alexander-Murray legislation in exchange for including the mandate repeal in the tax bill.

Source: Huffington Post November 14, 2017 20:31 UTC