“Where is your heart?” cried Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). “Have you no heart?”
Despite the congressman’s plaintive objections during Wednesday’s House debate, his Republican colleagues passed a bill 267-159 to repeal the ill-fated CLASS Act. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program, championed by the late Ted Kennedy, aimed to provide a long-term care insurance program. Wednesday’s party-line vote deepens a partisan stalemate over how to fill that major hole in the U.S. health care system, as the legislation now goes to the Senate where it’s expected to perish.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=101824