John McCain

Ted Cruz joins Republicans ranged against Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill

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Effort to replace ACA appears doomed as Cruz indicates Lee will follow him and Collins says it is ‘very difficult’ for her to envision voting for the bill

The Trump administration’s latest efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appeared to be disintegrating over the weekend, as a growing number of Republican senators indicated they would vote against the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill.

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Trump attacks McCain and other Republicans over healthcare failure

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  • President says veteran Republican senator has ‘let Arizona down’
  • McCain seemed to have dashed GOP hopes of repealing Obamacare

Donald Trump went on the attack on Twitter on Saturday morning over the latest failure of the Republican-controlled Senate to pass healthcare reform.

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McCain says no on healthcare | The minute

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  • Arizona senator says he can’t vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare… DeVos scraps Obama rules on investigating campus assault… and more
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Senator John McCain said the latest Republican plan to dismantle Barack Obama’s healthcare law did not pass his test for “regular order” and he would be voting no, likely ruining the bill’s chances for passing.

McCain’s chance to do the right thing

I take no pleasure in announcing my opposition. Far from it. The bill’s authors are my dear friends and I think the world of them.

– Senator John McCain

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John McCain on healthcare: ‘Attempt at a strictly Republican bill cannot succeed’

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The US senator has expressed his opposition to the latest Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act – here is his statement in full

  • John McCain says he can’t vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare

The US Senator John McCain of Arizona released the following statement today on healthcare reform:

As I have repeatedly stressed, healthcare reform legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the Senate. Committees of jurisdiction ...

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John McCain says he can’t vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare

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Republican senator’s stance will make it increasingly difficult for party leaders to get the votes they need to eliminate the Affordable Care Act

  • Read John McCain’s statement in full

John McCain said on Friday he could not “in good conscience” vote for the latest Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dealing a potentially fatal blow to the plan.

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McCain joins new legislative effort to overturn Trump’s trans military ban

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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...

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