The Arizona Republican helped deliver the deciding blow to GOP leadership’s last effort to repeal Obamacare at the end of July
Month: September 2017
McCain Announces Opposition To Obamacare Repeal Bill, Possibly Dooming It
Arizona Sen. John McCain is the second Republican to oppose the legislation, after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came out against it last week. If one more GOP senator is against the bill, it cannot pass.
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Sen. John McCain comes out against Graham…
Senator John McCain comes out against the GOP's latest effort to 'repeal and replace' Obamacare saying, "I cannot in good conscience vote for Graham-Cassidy."
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On Washington: Behind New Obamacare Repeal Vote: ‘Furious’ G.O.P. Donors
Donations to the party are down, and Senator Cory Gardner warned his colleagues that they have to show some results.
Collins: ‘Leaning against’ supporting new ObamaCare repeal effort
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Friday she has serious concerns about the latest GOP bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare as Republicans prepare to vote on the legislation next week."I'm leaning against the bi...
The White House didn’t do its homework on Trumpcare, so we did it for them
A White House official said they “really aren’t sure” what the impact of the latest Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would be, as Politico reported Friday—but a number of analyses have found the bill would hurt every state and leave 32 million people without insurance by 2026.
The bill, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would block grant health care funding to the states. The plan would also repeal a number of taxes ma...
Wait, why does Rand Paul oppose an Obamacare repeal?
Turns out, repeal is in the eye of the beholder.
Conway: ‘Increasingly optimistic’ about ObamaCare repeal
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Friday that the White House has become "increasingly optimistic" about the Republican effort to pass a last-minute measure to repeal and replace ObamaCare."We feel increa...
Nevada’s Dean Heller is at war with…
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) wanted credit for saving Medicaid from his party. Now he's co-sponsoring Graham-Cassidy, which guts Medicaid.
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