dailycaller
Juliegrace Brufke
Capitol Hill Reporter
1:29 PM 07/12/2017
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/12/rand-paul-on-obamacare-repeal-bill-the-new-bill-is-the-same-as-the-old-bill/GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told reporters Wednesday that the changes made to the Senate Obamacare repeal bill haven’t swayed him enough to get on board.
Paul — a staunch fiscal conservative — was one of the first lawmakers to come out against the draft legislation, which he felt too closely resembled the Affordable Care Act. Republican leadership was forced to push back their plans to hold a vote on the measure due to a lack of support, and since then has been working with members to tweak the bill with hopes of acting on the legislation in coming weeks.
While the updated version of the discussion draft is slated to be publicly released Thursday, Paul said the changes do little to assuage conservatives’ concerns.
