Struggling to govern, Trump faces growing Republican unease

July 28, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As fellow Republicans labored to repeal Obamacare this week, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly swerved off-topic, escalating concerns in his party about his ability to govern the country six months after taking office.
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McCain, once belittled by Trump, hands him big defeat in healthcare vote

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the end, it was a simple hand gesture - Senator John McCain pointing his right index finger in a downward motion to register a no vote - that ruined his party's seven-year effort to repeal Obamacare.
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Republicans try to pick up the pieces after healthcare defeat

July 27, 2017July 29, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters.
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Senate aims for a ‘skinny’ Obamacare repeal as other options fail

July 26, 2017July 27, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate leaders, struggling to keep a seven-year promise to end Obamacare, turned their focus on Wednesday to passing a slimmed-down "skinny" repeal measure that would throw the issue into negotiations with the House of Representatives.
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Senate advances on healthcare, with dramatic return by McCain

July 25, 2017July 26, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to end Obamacare, but the party's seven-year effort to roll back Democratic President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law still faces significant hurdles.
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Medicaid, pension costs create budget complications for U.S. states: report

July 24, 2017 topNews

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sluggish forecast for U.S. economic growth as well as an increase in U.S. states' Medicaid and pension contribution costs is creating a budgetary squeeze in many state capitols, according to a research report issued by S&P Global Ratings on Monday.
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Trump pleads with Republicans to roll back Obamacare

July 24, 2017July 25, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday to "do the right thing" and fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
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Republican strategy on healthcare bill in flux ahead of vote

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senate leaders aim to hold a procedural vote as early as Tuesday to take up legislation to repeal or replace Obamacare, but it remained unclear which version of the bill senators would vote on.
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Senate rule deals setback to Republican healthcare bill

July 22, 2017 topNews

(Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate were dealt another blow in their effort to repeal Obamacare on Friday when the keeper of the Senate's rules said certain provisions in their healthcare bill, such as defunding Planned Parenthood, could not be included.
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Senate Republicans complain of chaos in healthcare effort

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans, scolded by President Donald Trump for failing to overturn Obamacare, tried to salvage their seven-year effort for a new healthcare law on Thursday, but leading senators indicated frustration over shifting goal posts.
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