The Congressional Budget Office released estimates on March 23 for how House Republicans' proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act might affect Americans. More money owed + less money in = less money to close the government's yearly difference in spending vs. revenue, i.e. But there's a limit to reconciliation's usefulness, in that Republicans can wield it only while they're debating the budget. Republicans plan to use the same tool to debate tax reform this fall, the next time they'll be in budget negotiations. Delaying the vote by a few days isn't going to knock Republicans off their self-imposed, strategic schedule to deliver big on health care and taxes.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2017 23:58 UTC