Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
That secret plan that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says may or may not be made public soon is now a Senate and House plan, according to one Republican senator. But it seems like that might be news to House leadership.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said Tuesday that House and Senate Republicans are closing in on a backup plan for ObamaCare subsidies that they will release should the Supreme Court cripple the healthcare law this month. […]
"We have worked on legislation in both the House and Senate," Barrasso said at a Republican leadership press conference. "We're coming very close together on that. We'll bring that out after the Supreme Court makes a ruling, and it does protect those people who felt that they were following the law even though the president wasn't actually following the law. So we do want to help protect them in this transition." […]
Asked about Barrasso’s comments and if the House working group had agreed to some kind of temporary assistance, Brendan Buck, a Ryan spokesman, said, "We haven't made any decisions yet, but are definitely in touch with our Senate counterparts."
So either the Senate and House are just polishing up their big plan, or they've been "in touch" on what maybe they could do. That inspires confidence. At least they can agree on one thing, though. It's all Obama's fault.