government from ordering every american to purchase a car from government motors in the next recession. greta: explain why you had this hearing and asked those questions about health care since the house has voted to repeal the health care bill? the president would veto it. what is the point of that hearing today in asking those questions in light of the fact the house has repealed it? because it is a critical budget matter that affects the long term solvency of our nation. really affects the short term solvency of our nation. even though the has has passed it the senate has not yet acted and the president has vowed he would veto it. greta: do you think the senate is likely to take note of those questions and answers and will that impact what the senate does or does not do? what the senate does and what the white house does is beyond the control of the house of representatives. but it is not control of the
we ll get a greater level of granularity this afternoon. we ll probably learn what his cholesterol level is at the very least. bill: byron york, good day to you there in washington you make the case that we re sailing in new waters on this budget matter. because it is democrats pushing for a possible shutdown. how does that change anything? if you talk to republicans at any time over the past few years they d tell you they believe in one thing, which is republicans always lose government shutdown fights. and they believe that because they lost big ones in 1995 and in 2013. those times they tried to attach their own spending and policy demands onto legislation that was required to keep the government running. and it appeared that they were holding the whole government hostage to their particular policy demands.
cover maternity, mental health and prescription drugs. republicans argued eliminating that would reduce premiums and give consumers more choice. the wish list item was not in the original repeal bill because republican leaders want to get it passed by a simple majority vote. sorry to get to deep in the woods. reconciliation is limited to federal budget items. republicans fear it would be hard to argue insurance regulations are a budget matter. how did essential health benefits maki s make it to the ? it came at the end of the day long stalemate. house conservatives calling it a must have. the white house saying the bill was locked. something had to give. now officials say white house and republican leaders made a big concession in offering up