Senate Republicans released a revised health care bill as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., continues to try to win the GOP support needed to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, on which he expects voting to begin next week.
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Faith leaders arrested on Capitol Hill for protesting GOP health care bill
“Don’t tell me you are ‘pro-life.’”CREDIT: Facebook/Faith in Public Life
A group of prominent clergy were arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill while peacefully protesting the Republican health care bill, describing the legislation as “immoral” and “sinful.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) unveiled a tweaked version of the “Better Care Reconciliation Act” on Thursday, but it does not ap...
The Senate’s new health care bill is already on life support
Republicans can only lose one more vote on the motion to proceed.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, after a revised version of the Republican health care bill was announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. The bill has faced opposition and challenges within the Republican ranks, including by Sen. Collins. CREDIT:...
The new Trumpcare bill keeps the single cruelest part of the old Trumpcare bill
Say goodbye to Medicaid.CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is fighting a two front war. At the right end of his caucus, hardliners want deep Medicaid cuts and weaker protections for people with preexisting conditions. More pragmatic conservatives, meanwhile, say they want to keep the legislation from working havoc on Medicaid.
If a new version of the Senat...
The White House’s exceedingly dishonest attack on the Congressional Budget Office
The Trumpcare misinformation campaign continues.CREDIT: screengrab
On Wednesday afternoon, the Trump administration trashed the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in an attempt to undercut its dire analysis of Trumpcare.
The White House’s official Twitter account posted a tweet that says, “The Congressional Budget Office’s math doesn’t add up. Faulty Numbers = Faulty Results.”
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