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Senate Republicans quietly wave the white flag on Obamacare repeal

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Multiple Republican lawmakers seem to have dismissed Trump’s call to keep moving on health care.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens to a question while speaking with the media, June 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

After six months of Republican-led closed door meetings on health care, Senate leadership finally looks to be pivoting.

On Tuesday at the Senate committee on...

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Luther Strange: Alabama ‘did the right thing’ by not expanding Medicaid

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The system, Strange said, is failing.In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala. responds to questions during a TV news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. A super PAC supporting Strange launched another ad spotlighting U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks’ past criticisms of President Donald Trump in a bid to keep the conservative congressman out of a runoff in Alabama’s heated Senate primary. Th...

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Trump’s latest attempt to gut Obamacare could backfire spectacularly

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Congratulations on your expanded welfare state!CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

As soon as this week, according to Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, Trump intends to decide whether to cut off payments intended to stabilize insurance markets and make health care affordable for many Americans with modest incomes.

Trump apparently believes that cutting off these payments will help “implode” Obam...

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After health care failure, Trump slams GOP senators as ‘fools’ who are ‘wasting time’

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The president is calling for changes to Senate rules that reveal he doesn’t totally understand how the Senate works.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump. CREDIT: AP Photo

In a rambling series of tweets posted Saturday morning, President Donald Trump attacked GOP senators for allowing their Democratic colleagues to “totally control the U.S. Senate,” saying they “look like f...

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All the ways Trump can still kill Obamacare

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It’s not over ’til it’s over.Capitol Hill police officers David Bailey, left, and Crystal Griner listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, during a ceremony to recognize the first responders from the June 14 Congressional baseball shooting. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Early Friday morning, the Senate voted 49–51 against the Heal...

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BREAKING: Republicans defect, kill Senate effort to repeal Obamacare

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Obamacare lives to see another day.CREDIT: Screenshot/C-SPAN2

The Senate voted against the Health Care Freedom Act (HCFA) early Friday morning, with a vote of 49–51.

The so-called “skinny repeal” bill made serious cuts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would have left 16 million people uninsured by 2026. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only...

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