If the bill isn’t fixed, controversial parts will require 60 votes to pass.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
According to a new determination by the Senate parliamentarian, some of the most controversial parts of Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare violate Senate rules and will thus require 60 votes to pass instead of 51.
The parliamentarian found that key provisions violate...
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Repealing Obamacare alone would leave 32 million Americans uninsured
Thirty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed without a replacement.
Senate Republicans are in denial that repeal without replacement is dead
Despite not having the votes, McConnell still wants to push straight Obamacare repeal to the floor.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to move forward on a Obamacare repeal-without-replacement vote “in the very near future” Tuesday afte...
Trump writes off failing health care overhaul, tweets ‘let Obamacare fail’
U.S. President Donald Trump declared Tuesday he's going to "let Obamacare fail" after the Republicans' effort to rewrite the 2010 health care overhaul imploded in Congress.
2 more Republican senators oppose health care bill, dealing it a big blow
Both senators want to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Obamacare increased access to physicals like the one that found McCain’s blood clot
The Senate wants to cut that exact kind of coverage.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced this weekend that he would delay a vote on the “Better Care Act,” the Senate’s version of Trumpcare, because Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is still recovering from surgery for a blood clot. Since McConnell can’t afford to lose a single vote, he is dependent on McCain ...
Republicans delay Trumpcare vote after John McCain has surgery
Mitch McConnell will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after John McCain's surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.
New study sharply rebukes major GOP talking point on health care
Medicaid recipients are actually happy with their coverage.Bella Nichols, 9, of Richland, Miss., shows where she wears her insulin patch that Medicaid helps pay for, as her mother and others meet with staff members of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 29, 2017, while other recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the offices. CREDIT: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Sol...
Trumpcare protestors aren’t swayed by promises of a new bill
Health Activists outside the office of Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ). CREDIT: Amanda Gomez/ThinkProgress
As the Senate returned from July 4 recess on Monday, health activists followed their respective senators back to Washington D.C., kicking off a week that will likely be filled with last-ditch efforts from protesters to block the Senate health bill. The day ended with dozens of arrests.
Senate Rep...