Graham-Cassidy still doesn't have 50 votes.
Month: September 2017
McCain joins new legislative effort to overturn Trump’s trans military ban
It became clear Thursday that the Senate would not consider an amendment to the defense budget addressing President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, but lawmakers have not given up. On Friday, they introduced a separate bill addressing the ban, with new bipartisan support: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
The bill expands upon bipartisan support the amendment already enjoyed from Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Susan Collins (R-ME), but...
Senate Dems issue a ‘red alert’ on…
Senate Republicans only have 13 days remaining to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the threat is increasingly real.
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Why is Sen. Cassidy obsessed with Obamacare repeal-and-replace when people who voted for him aren’t?
The Cassidy-Graham bill — the last Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replacement bill left standing — has a dubious chance of passing. It currently has the same problem past iterations of Republican Senate health bills had: it can’t get 50 votes.
The bill — authored by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — starting in 2020, would repeal ACA subsidies and the Medicaid expansion. Instead, states would be given temporary block grants....
Senate Republicans look to revive effort to repeal Obamacare by end of September
Mitch McConnell has asked budget analysts to fast-track scoring the bill to devolve health care to the states.
Dems call for action against Cassidy-Graham ObamaCare repeal
Democratic senators are reigniting their calls to fight against another Republican healthcare push that aims to repeal and replace ObamaCare after reports surfaced that President Trump and GOP leaders are working to garne...
Trumpcare’s back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Friday afternoon, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer sent a warning on Twitter that the tens of thousands of Americans who could die if Trumpcare becomes law are not out of the woods yet.
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Roy Moore picks up endorsement of former rival Mo Brooks in Ala. Senate race
The congressman described a vote for the judge as the best way to “repeal Obamacare and replace Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.”