Tennessee Governor To Deliver Health Care Testimony In Senate Committee

NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will deliver testimony about health care before a United States Senate committee Thursday. Haslam is one of five governors asked to testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions chaired by Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander.

The committee will also hear from a host of state insurance commissioners, including Julie Mix McPeak of Tennessee. Other governors scheduled to appear include Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Steve Bullock of Montana, Gary Herbert of Utah and John Hickenlooper of Colorado.

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The testimony comes as the Senate faces yet another deadline to repeal and replace Obamacare, with the chamber's parliamentarian ruling late last week that the Senate can only use reconciliation — a procedure that requires just a simple majority and isn't subject to the Senate's filibuster rules which normally require a 60-vote majority — until the end of the fiscal year September 30.

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