… purchase a plan either created by the act or under an exchange created by the actual, they were not going to be allowed to obtain the employer contribution. And so Senator Grassley on March 24, 2010, offered an amendment that would have allowed that employer contribution to be paid into those plans that now members of Congress and their staff have to purchase through the exchange. That amendment was explicitly defeated My guess, Senator Karp, is you voted against that. So the issue at stake was should we follow the law? (10:10–10:26)
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Asserts that Senator Grassley proposed an amendment for employer contributions to Congress members' exchange plans.
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