Nov 20, 2017

White House "OK" with taking out mandate repeal if it's an "impediment"

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney departs after a television interview. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

"If we can repeal part of Obamacare as part of a tax bill, and have a tax bill that is still a good tax bill that can pass, that's great. If it becomes an impediment to getting the best tax bill we can, then we're OK with taking it out." — White House budget director Mick Mulvaney to CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union"
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