Senator Joe Manchin Working On Bill To Delay Individual Mandate

The West Virginia Democrat’s bill would delay the mandate for one year.

His spokesman, Jonathan Kott, said Manchin opposes a bill proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to delay the mandate for a more indefinite period of time while problems with the insurance exchanges persist.

“He doesn’t support the Rubio bill and is working on bill to delay the penalty for a year,” Kott said.

Manchin is a longtime critic of the individual mandate but voted with Democrats against GOP efforts to delay it during the government shutdown debate.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.