CBO Aims For Estimate On Senate O’Care Repeal Bill ‘Early Next Week’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters before the vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. The Republican majority changed Senate rules to lower the vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to a simple majority to counter Democratic resistance. McConnell also supported Trump's airstrike on Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters before the vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. The Repu... Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters before the vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. The Republican majority changed Senate rules to lower the vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to a simple majority to counter Democratic resistance. McConnell also supported Trump's airstrike on Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

June 22, 2017 12:46 p.m.

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The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that it would aim to release an assessment of Senate Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill by “early next week.”

CBO aims to release estimate for Senate health care plan early next week https://t.co/wayuIYdiX5

— U.S. CBO (@USCBO) June 22, 2017

The nonpartisan analytics office will assess the potential financial and coverage impacts of Senate Republicans’ proposal. The bill, which was drafted in secret and released for the first time Thursday morning, is expected to come up for a vote as soon as June 29.

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Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.

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captaincommonsense says:

June 22, 2017

Estimate: It’s still a giant pile of shit.
antisachetdethe says:

June 22, 2017

Will there be a pre-emptive twitterstorm denouncing the CBO as being “Librul and 'leetist,” or will the twitterstorm wait until the report is released?
bankerpup says:

June 22, 2017

@antisachetdethe Yes
johnrm says:

June 22, 2017

SO the GOP has a 6 day news cycle to de legitimize the CBO…
centralasiaexpat says:

June 22, 2017

Yeah, everyone who isn’t pregnant and has never been related to a pregnant woman can take it easy.

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