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Senate rules might preclude provisions related to abortion (including one year's defunding of Planned Parenthood and a ban on tax credits being allowed to purchase insurance plans with abortion coverage) from being included in the Senate's version of Trumpcare. As of now, "several lobbyists" are telling Roll Call that the provisions that were in the House bill have been dropped, but since there isn't actual language yet and leadership isn't talking, that's not been confirmed.
A number of GOP offices would not confirm whether those provisions are still in the legislation and several aides cautioned that the working draft is still undergoing multiple revisions and that those measures could still be included.
If those provisions were not incorporated, however, Republicans could face intense backlash from conservative groups who have demanded their inclusion. Several aides said it could also affect the support of conservative senators, calling into question whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has enough votes to pass the bill. […]
When asked if those two sections would be included in the Senate’s bill, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said only, “That’s our objective.”
“We’re doing our best, working with the parliamentarian,” he told Roll Call.
If they're in there, it's a problem for Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. If they're not in there, it's a problem for a raft of maniacs, as well as House Republicans, with whom McConnell will have to negotiate a final conference bill. That conference could give McConnell his out—strip it from this bill to help get those two votes and tell Speaker Paul Ryan and the House maniacs it can go back in in conference. The issue won't die in the Senate by any means, so this doesn't necessarily constitute a make-or-break issue for the bill's passage.
By the way, all those Republicans bitching about being left out of the process might want to take note that the lobbyists Roll Call talked to seem to know more about what's in the bill than they do. That might be a problem, senators.