Not exact matches
In a
crucial difference with the version of the
legislation that failed to win sufficient Republican support earlier this year, the current incarnation allows states to individually decide which pre-existing conditions insurers must cover and removes caps
on how much the afflicted can be charged, and includes an age tax that allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 — allowing it to win
votes from the previously recalcitrant Tea Party - aligned Freedom Caucus and pass by a margin of 217 in favor to 213 against.
Republicans often depend
on the Conservative line to supply
crucial extra
votes in close elections, and Long's comments could free up some marginal Republicans to support a marijuana bill in the Senate, if
legislation comes to the floor.
During the last two weeks of the session — a
crucial time, during which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle
votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech
on ethics
legislation.