Trump to GOP senators: ‘Inaction is not an option’

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

President Donald Trump asked Republican senators not to leave town for their August recess without passing a health care reform plan that makes good on seven years of promises to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
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Trump demands Republicans replace Obamacare before August recess, but McConnell is wary

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 Uncategorized

"I don't think we should leave town unless we have a health insurance plan," Trump said. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is already hedging.

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House Republican: Senate GOP ‘failed the American people’

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

A top member of the House GOP whip team unleashed on Senate Republicans Wednesday for failing to advance legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare, saying that his colleagues have "failed the American people.""Th...

What’s next in the Republican health care push

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 politics

President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are making last-ditch efforts to try and repeal Obamacare even though there doesn’t seem to be enough support to do so.

McConnell announces procedural vote on Obamacare repeal next week

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

The bill is already expected to be defeated in the Senate

Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

President Trump told GOP senators at the White House on Wednesday that they should cancel their August recess and not leave town until acting to repeal ObamaCare."We shouldn't leave town until...

Will repeal failure break the Obamacare fever in Washington?

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Where's the middle ground if one party is almost entirely united against something that the other party is almost entirely united in trying to protect?
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Trump squeezes ‘no’ vote Heller at healthcare lunch

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

President Trump sat next to Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), an opponent of the Senate GOP's bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, at a White House lunch designed to salvage the effort.Trump used the seating arrangement...

Exclusive: Republicans could target Obamacare tax in wider tax overhaul – Brady

July 19, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will consider using planned tax reform to eliminate one of the biggest taxes in Obamacare, if the Senate fails to overturn the healthcare law, a senior Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday.
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Senate Republicans’ hard lesson: No women, no health-care bill

July 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Oh, the irony for Senate Republicans: They originally left women out of the negotiating process, and it was women who killed their final attempt to do something on Obamacare