Republicans offered competing ideas for what to do next on healthcare Monday night, now that the current ObamaCare replacement effort has fallen apart.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) acknowledged lat...
Month: July 2017
Trump says just repeal Obamacare after GOP…
Within hours of kicking off 'Made in America' week, the White House again loses the narrative after the Senate GOP health care bill collapses & the questions keep coming on Russia.
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Trump: Repeal ObamaCare now, then ‘start from a clean slate’
President Trump on Monday said Republicans should repeal ObamaCare now and "start from a clean slate" on a new healthcare plan, arguing doing so will help gain Democratic support.
The Resistance stops Trumpcare
Supporters of Obamacare tirelessly attended town halls and made their voices heard—and Republican senators responded to the constituent pressure. Trumpcare is dead – for now. Neera Tanden and Indivisible's Ezra Levin join Lawrence O'Donnell.
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Sanders ‘delighted’ by failure of GOP health plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he's "delighted" to see GOP senators fleeing from the chamber's latest version of an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill."I am delighted to see that the disastrous Republican health c...
Republicans kill Trumpcare
Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran announce their opposition to the Republican health care plan, effectively killing the bill. But this "zombie bill" has come back to life before—will it be resurrected? Julie Rovner, David Frum and Ron Klain join...
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White House on ObamaCare repeal: ‘Inaction is not an option’
The White House on Monday responded to the stalling of the Senate GOP's healthcare legislation, saying "inaction is not an option" on the efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
2 more Republican senators oppose health care bill, dealing it a big blow
Both senators want to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Graham: ‘Time for a new approach’ on ObamaCare repeal
With the news Monday night that two more GOP senators won't support taking up a bill repealing and replacing ObamaCare, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said it's "time for a new approach.""Getting money/power out of W...
Two Republicans defect, deliver death blow to Senate health care bill
Republicans could lose just one more vote or the bill wouldn’t go to the floor.The second version of the Senate Republican health care bill is dead for now.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) announced simultaneously on Monday evening that they would not support the motion to proceed, ultimately killing this version of the Senate’s bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Car...
