Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Tuesday outlined the proposal that House Republicans are likely to put forward to avert default and end the government shutdown.
Dent told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd that, like the proposal being ironed out in the Senate, House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) initiative will fund the government until Jan. 15, 2014 and raise the debt limit until Feb. 7 or 8 of next year.
But unlike the Senate framework, the House would include a two-year delay of the medical device tax. Dent said that the House will also look to strike the so-called reinsurance tax under the Affordable Care Act and include a variation of Sen. David Vitter’s (R-LA) amendment by requiring members of Congress and the White House to obtain coverage through Obamacare’s health exchanges.
Dent said Boehner, who detailed the proposal during a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, will unveil the outline “as early as today.”
