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...
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WATCH: McConnell: ‘We must continue to push forward now’ with repeal-only
"I regret that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failures of Obamacare will not be successful. That doesn't mean we should give up," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
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...
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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McConnell calls for Obamacare repeal vote after replacement plan fails
Two more senators oppose health bill, in apparent body blow to the GOP effort to replace Obamacare.
2 more Republican senators oppose health care bill, dealing it a big blow
Both senators want to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Two Republicans defect, deliver death blow to Senate health care bill
Republicans could lose just one more vote or the bill wouldn’t go to the floor.The second version of the Senate Republican health care bill is dead for now.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) announced simultaneously on Monday evening that they would not support the motion to proceed, ultimately killing this version of the Senate’s bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Car...
McConnell calls for Obamacare repeal vote after replacement plan fails
Two more senators oppose health bill in apparent body blow to GOP effort to replace Obamacare.
Tom Price admits that the new Trumpcare is only repeal, no replace
Trump’s secretary of health and human services says all insurers have to do “is dust off how they did business before Obamacare.”HHS Secretary Tom Price on ABC’s This Week CREDIT: ABC
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised, over and over again, that he would replace Obamacare with “something terrific,” that would “take care of everybody” and be “a lot less expensive” for consumers and...
Susan Collins: Pence is wrong about Trumpcare’s Medicaid cuts
The Maine senator is one of two Republicans already opposing the Senate’s latest Affordable Care Act repeal bill.Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on CNN’s State of the Union CREDIT: CNN
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) dismissed claims by Vice President Mike Pence that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest iteration of the Trumpcare legislation “strengthens and secures Medicaid for the need...