Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) tells Ari Melber that the Trump administration is working to undermine the Affordable Care Act through “abjectly political and frankly dangerous” tactics.
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Month: July 2017
Booker: Trump Admin Stabbing Obamacare in…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) tells Ari Melber that the Trump administration is working to undermine the Affordable Care Act through “abjectly political and frankly dangerous” tactics.
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‘Female senators’ to blame for health bill struggle, says Republican congressman
Blake Farenthold of Texas appears to suggest that if those senators were male, he might challenge them to a duel ‘Aaron Burr-style’
A Republican lawmaker has blamed “female senators” for his party’s failure thus far to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s healthcare law, noting that if they were men he would challenge them to a duel.
Blake Farenthold, a congressman from Texas, singled out the women as the US Senate prepares to vote on Tuesday on whether to move forward with legislation that would dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Senate GOP: McCain may return for ObamaCare vote Tuesday
Republicans expressed cautious optimism Monday that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who was diagnosed with brain cancer last week, will return to the Senate in time for a key ObamaCare repeal vote on Tuesday....
WATCH: July 30, 1965: President Johnson signs Medicare bill
Johnson also recognized former President Truman, who was the first president to propose a national health care program.
No one knows what health care bill the Senate will be voting on, including the president
Can’t sell what you don’t know.President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare, Monday, July 24, 2017, in the Blue Room of the White House Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
The Senate will be voting on health care on Tuesday, but no one knows what that vote will look like, including the president.
Standing in front of people he called “Obamacare victims,” President Donald Trump gave yet another plea ...
WATCH: Senate GOP gets new pressure from Trump on health care
Trump claims Senate Republicans have not done their job to end the Obamacare "nightmare."
Trump criticizes Senate Republicans for not doing ‘their job’ in Obamacare fight
He added they are "very close" to having the votes to replace.
Trump: ‘Obamacare is death’
President Trump described the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as "failing."
Trump says Senate Republicans ‘have not done their job’ on Obamacare repeal
President Trump criticized Senate Republicans on July 24 for not passing a bill to repeal Obamacare, but said they were "very close" to doing so.