The professions of a desire for cooperation on changing the Affordable Care Act were as profuse on Friday as the short-term outlook for tangible results was grim.
Month: July 2017
The Trump administration still has the power to wreak havoc on Obamacare
REPUBLICANS’ latest efforts to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama’s health care law, failed in the Senate on the night of July 27th. Three of their Senators—Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska and John McCain of Arizona—joined all 48 Democrats to vote down “skinny” repeal (see article). ...
I’m a conservative – and I now see voting Republican is a waste of time | John Daniel Davidson
The Obamacare fiasco reveals that once they are in power, Republicans in Washington refuse to deliver on their promises
What would you conclude if you voted for a candidate or a party because of a promise to repeal or change a law that you strongly felt was harmful and unjust, but once in office the party refused to do it? You might conclude, rightly, that those politicians didn’t really work for you, and the party didn’t care what you thought.
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Collins doubles down on call for bipartisan fix to ObamaCare
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) doubled down Friday on her call for Republicans to work with Democrats to fix the flaws in the Affordable Care Act after the Senate rejected a scaled-back bill repealing parts of the healthcar...
President Trump lashes out on Twitter over health care bill setback
A dramatic overnight vote dealt President Trump a major political setback on health care. Senate Republicans failed to pass their latest attempt to repeal Obamacare. The scaled back version went down by a razor thin margin, 51 to 49. President Trump lashed out overnight on Twitter saying, "three Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down." Nancy Cordes reports.
Eye Opener: Obamacare repeal fails in the Senate
A last-ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare fails overnight in the Senate. Also, an uncensored rant by the president's new communications director exposes deep divisions inside the White House. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Get the Eye Opener delivered straight to your inbox.
Ryan signals readiness to move to tax reform
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Friday signaled a pivot to tax reform, one day after the Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare collapsed in the Senate.
McCain expected to return to Arizona to start cancer treatment Monday
There's a reason why Sen. John McCain was eager to pivot to the annual defense spending bill in the early hours of the morning right after he had killed the Senate's Obamacare repeal effort: Three congressional sources told CNN the Arizona Republican is planning to return to Arizona to start cancer treatment Monday.
