And yet repealing Obamacare’s medical device tax has broad bipartisan support in both the Senate and House.
Via Politico:
Top White House economics adviser Jason Furman on Thursday dismissed elements of a potential budget offer by Senate Republicans as “another form of ransom.”
He also questioned why House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would push ahead with a plan to raise the debt limit but not reopen the government, although he added that the White House has yet to see any legislation.
“There is just no reason to do that,” Furman said at a breakfast hosted by the Center for American Progress. “Every day the shutdown goes on, the effects get worse. I don’t know why you’d want to deal with one of them and not deal with the other.” […]
Repealing the medical device tax, which Furman singled out as “another form of ransom,” would increase the deficit because of the loss of revenue to fund the health care law, Furman said.