The Arizona senator has been a virtual one-man opposition to the president. But now his support is vital to attempts to repeal Obamacare • Mary Dejevsky is a writer and broadcasterJohn McCain was guaranteed a hero’s welcome in Washington when he returned for today’s crucial Senate vote. His disclosure, just days earlier, that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, had prompted an outpouring of tributes to the veteran senator whose whole adult life, it sometimes seemed, had been spent ch...
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What it’s like to watch the Senate debate whether your life is as valuable as a tax cut for Trump
Let’s talk about what it’s like to be told your life isn’t valuable enough.House Republicans celebrate at the White House after voting to take health coverage away from 23 million people. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Every other Saturday morning, I inject $2,269.61 worth of pharmaceuticals into my leg. If I don’t do so, my immune system will slowly eat holes in my small intestine. Eventually, it will s...
After bizarre speech, Boy Scouts of America distances itself from Trump
Another norm, shattered.CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
President Trump gave a stunningly political speech to tens of thousands of 11-to-18-year-olds at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday night, prompting the Boy Scouts of America to distance itself from the spectacle on Tuesday morning.
At various points during his speech, Trump criticized prominent Democrats; blasted “fake ...
Why GOP Senators Might Not Be Moved by Trump’s Plea on Health Care
Good morning. Here’s Joshua Jamerson’s morning take. Contact Josh at Joshua.Jamerson@wsj.com and follow him @joshjame. Click here to get the Capital Journal Daybreak newsletter delivered to your inbox. Can An 11th-Hour Presidential Cajoling Outweigh Public Opinion? President Donald Trump, flanked by individuals, many of them children, whom he said were victims of the Affordable Care Act, called on Republican senators to […]
No one knows what health care bill the Senate will be voting on, including the president
Can’t sell what you don’t know.President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare, Monday, July 24, 2017, in the Blue Room of the White House Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
The Senate will be voting on health care on Tuesday, but no one knows what that vote will look like, including the president.
Standing in front of people he called “Obamacare victims,” President Donald Trump gave yet another plea ...
Congressmen seek revenge against the CBO for making Trumpcare look bad
No one could have seen this coming.Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sits with then-candidate Donald Trump CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has been a constant thorn in the side of congressional Republicans, repeatedly pointing out that Trumpcare would have a disastrous impact on the American health care system. The most recent version of Trumpcare, according to the C...
Even if Trumpcare fails, Obamacare’s foes have a plan B
Remember when presidents didn’t sabotage people’s health care?CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley
The Senate is expected to hold a key procedural vote Tuesday on some version of the Trumpcare legislation, even though no one appears to know what is in the bill, or even if major provisions of the bill will have to be struck because they violate the Senate rules.
It’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leade...
Trump tweets disappointment at Republicans who ‘do very little’ to protect him
Trump's tweet comes as Republicans in the Senate struggle to come together on a bill to overhaul Obamacare.
Latest Republican health bill ‘a porkfest, a monstrosity’, Rand Paul says
- Kentucky senator says he will not vote for bill to proceed to debate this week
- Rightwinger Paul wants clean repeal of Affordable Care Act
Rand Paul, one of the conservative senators who has helped to hold up Republican healthcare reform, on Sunday derided the current Senate bill as a “monstrosity” and a “porkfest” and said he would not vote for it to proceed to debate this week.
Related: Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill
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Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill
After a six-month debate and seven years of promising they would repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans don’t have many good options left to pass a bill
Mitch McConnell likes to say that finding 50 Republican votes to pass healthcare reform is like solving a Rubik’s cube. As he pushes his party toward a vote expected early next week, the Senate majority leader is still furiously twisting the puzzle.
Related: Republicans still can't craft healthcare plan that won't drop co...