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FOXNews.com - Administration Threatens to Veto Health Spending Bill After Price Tag Jumps
$115 billion will come in as the very low end...try an extra trillion maybe?
(We needed to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it)
The Obama administration threatened to veto parts of its own health care bill after budget scorekeepers found that the package would add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending.
The Obama administration threatened to veto parts of its own health care bill after budget scorekeepers found that the package would add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending.
President Obama's budget office charged Congress with finding $115 billion in spending cuts or tax increases to offset the price tag hike. The figure approached the amount of money the Congressional Budget Office previously estimated the law would save, and pushed the total 10-year cost of the package past $1 trillion.
$115 billion will come in as the very low end...try an extra trillion maybe?
(We needed to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it)