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Senate Republicans quietly wave the white flag on Obamacare repeal
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...
Luther Strange: Alabama ‘did the right thing’ by not expanding Medicaid
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...
WATCH: Trump previously said letting Obamacare implode was ‘not the right thing’
In February he said that allowing Obamacare to fail is "not the fair thing to do for the people."
U.S. health secretary says it’s his departments’ job to follow Obamacare law
He said the administration's goal was to repeal and replace Obamacare and "put in place a system that actually works for patients."
Trump won’t let Obamacare ‘implode,’ health secretary says
Tom Price said the president won't let Obamacare 'implode.'
Trump rips China over North Korea, Republicans over Obamacare in Saturday tweetstorm
Trump complained that past American leaders allowed China to make hundreds of billions a year in trade, but that China isn't helping control North Korea.
After health care failure, Trump slams GOP senators as ‘fools’ who are ‘wasting time’
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...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens to a question while speaking with the media, June 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump. CREDIT: AP Photo