“He wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?”CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
During remarks to reporters following a Republican health care luncheon at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump threatened to end Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) tenure in the US Senate if he doesn’t vote in favor of Trumpcare.
Alluding to the announcement Republican senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) made on ...
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Trump makes wild promises about ‘new’ version of Trumpcare
He’s back on repeal and replace and says nobody’s going home until it’s done.President Donald Trump speaks during a luncheon with GOP Senators, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The day after the Senate’s third proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act flatlined, killed by three Republican senators who opposed Senate Majo...
Rev. Barber: An open letter to clergy who prayed with Donald Trump
The Scripture cautions us to lay hands on no man suddenly, lest we become a party to his sins.CREDIT: AP/David Goldman
Dear Reverends Jack Graham, Johnnie Moore, Greg Laurie, Paula White, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jr., and others,
I write you with a heavy heart as a fellow Christian and a fellow preacher during a trying time in our nation’s public life. Last week, Capitol Hill police arres...
Trump’s incoherent health care position, in 3 tweets
He’s in favor of everything and nothing.CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
After Senate Republican defections killed off the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday night, President Trump tweeted his support for changing course and immediately repealing Obamacare before a bipartisan replacement plan is drawn up at some point down the road.
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Senate Republicans are in denial that repeal without replacement is dead
Despite not having the votes, McConnell still wants to push straight Obamacare repeal to the floor.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to move forward on a Obamacare repeal-without-replacement vote “in the very near future” Tuesday afte...
5 Trump tweets about taking responsibility for failure that are very awkward now
With Trumpcare in ruins, Trump blames everybody but himself.CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
As Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and/or replace Obamacare went down in flames on Tuesday, President Trump tried to shift blame to everybody but himself.
During remarks to reporters, Trump falsely claimed his plan all along has been to “let Obamacare fail”—he in fact publicly supported simultaneous repe...
The resistance movement killed the Republican health care bill
Constituent action led Republican senators to defect.People respond to comments by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, as he addresses a crowd of several hundred during a town hall meeting Monday, June 12, 2017, in Lenexa, Kan. CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Earlier this month, while the Senate was on recess for July 4th, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) held a town hall in a small Kansas town, not far from his homet...
Trump reacts to Trumpcare failure by revealing he has no clue about Senate rules
The president is Mad Online — but the anger is misdirected.DAY 63 — in this March 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures while sitting in an 18-wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File
President Donald Trump is blaming Senate Democrats after the chamber’s second versio...
Republicans pivot back to a failed health care strategy they previously opposed
Repeal and delay is back.Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The longtime Republican dream of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act hit a major bump in the road on Monday night, losing the votes needed to advance their replacement bill.
Now that he’s down four votes in the Senate — five including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is recovering from surgery — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY...
Repeal and delay is back, and even worse than Trumpcare
The CBO estimates that if Congress repeals Obamacare, 18 million would lose coverage next year alone.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, where he is expected to present the GOP’s revised health care bill and push toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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