Is Congress Exempt from GOP Health Bill?
Q: Does the new GOP health care bill apply to members of Congress and their families?
A: For procedural reasons, the bill passed by House Republicans exempted lawmakers from some of its effects. But a stand-alone bill passed unanimously would do away with that exemption if the legislation becomes law.
FULL QUESTION
Did the House of Representatives exempt members of Congress from the provisions in the American Health Care Act?
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A feeling of deja vu came over us here at FactCheck.org as the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — about Republicans moving forward with a bill that had not yet been analyzed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That sounded . And of course, the roles were now reversed as Republicans found themselves fending off that they had not even read their own bill.
