The senator defied President Trump’s attempts to revamp the Affordable Care Act — and stared down Vice President Pence after his direct plea.
Month: July 2017
Joy Reid: This White House is sloppy
With Anthony Scaramucci coming in, a new Chief of Staff, and an Obamacare bill vote falling apart on the Senate floor, Trump hasn't had much success in his first 6 months.
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Twists and turns of US healthcare battle
Four votes in the Senate over three days and in the end the repeal of Obamacare is dead. How did we get here?
Trump shrugs as health bill, Priebus go kablooey | The minute
- ‘You can’t have everything’, president says, after failure to deliver on key campaign plank… then he fires chief of staff Priebus
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In a dramatic wee-hours vote on Friday, a Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act collapsed, with three GOP senators – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain – voting ‘No’. McCain then returne...
How some lawmakers see a way to work together on health care
The parties have plenty of reasons not to cooperate, including raw feelings and deep ideological differences. But several Democrats and Republicans, feeling the urgency of a partial collapse of Obamacare, have been quietly talking behind the scenes.
Donald Trump shrugs ‘Can’t have everything’ as Obamacare repeal flops
Republican finger-pointing commenced Friday after the Senate's dark-of-night defeat of the GOP effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law, a startling blow to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders.
