Health Reform Bill Returns to House

A part of the health care reform package will return to the House for another vote after two provisions contained in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were found by Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin to violate reconciliation rules.

According to The Washington Post, the provisions deal with how funds for Pell Grants are appropriated and a measure to strike obsolete language.

The question now is whether Republicans can exploit the parliamentary challenges to strip key provisions from health care reform legislation. According to the Post, Democratic lawmakers are confident the challenges are insufficient to derail the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Obama signed into law on Tuesday.

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