Senate Dems to try to stop DOJ's funding for Obamacare lawsuit support
By BURGESS EVERETT
Senate Democrats are going back on offense on healthcare, trying to block funding for the Justice Department’s support of a lawsuit against Obamacare.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will announce plans Wednesday to try and force a vote on the measure as an amendment to the disaster aid bill the Senate is now considering, according to a source familiar with the plan.
The vote, if granted, would be intended to put vulnerable Senate Republicans in a difficult position on healthcare politics.
On Monday, the Justice Department announced support of a lawsuit before an appellate court that would strike down the entirety of Obamacare. President Donald Trump has subsequently declared the GOP will now be the “party of healthcare” and tasked Senate Republicans Tuesday with preparing a new healthcare plan if the lawsuit is successful.
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