Sen. Durbin Says Democrats Are Willing To Negotiate on Obamacare Medical Device Tax
Tax on medical devices is 2.3 percent
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) says Democrats are willing to include ObamaCare's medical device tax in a spending bill that would keep the government funded.
"We can work out something, I believe, on the medical device tax. That was one of the proposals from the Republicans," Durbin said on CNN's "New Day" program Tuesday morning. "As long as we replace the revenue so that we don't put a hole in our deficit and respond to this in a responsible fashion. That's one thing the Republicans want to talk about it. Let's sit down, and put that on the table."
The Senate meets Tuesday morning to discuss how to proceed after both chambers' failure to reach a deal by midnight led to the first government shutdown in 17 years.
Hide Comments (0)
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post commentsMute this user?
Ban this user?
Un-ban this user?
Nuke this user?
Un-nuke this user?
Flag this comment?
Un-flag this comment?