13 January 2017 House approves FY17 budget resolution The House on January 13, 2017, approved 227-198 a budget resolution for FY 2017 that will enable Congress to use the budget reconciliation process to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a majority vote in the Senate. The nine Republican 'no' votes were: Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Tom McClintock (R-CA). The Senate approved the same resolution January 12 by a 51-48 vote. A budget resolution does not go to the President to be signed into law. The FY 2017 resolution does not address tax reform — that is likely to be taken up in the forthcoming FY 2018 budget resolution — but instructs two Senate and two House committees with jurisdiction over the ACA, including Finance and Ways & Means, to report legislation by January 27 to reduce the deficit by $1 billion each. There is no penalty for missing the deadline.
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