Senate Republican leaders changed their Obamacare replacement bill, but they could not save it. The effort to pass health care reform has officially collapsed. Nancy Cordes reports.
The survey comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday that he would delay a vote this week on the revised GOP health care bill
Senator John McCain underwent emergency surgery on Friday to remove a blood clot from above his eye. This has forced Republican leaders to call off this week's scheduled vote on their bill to replace Obamacare. Nancy Cordes reports.
Democrats and Republicans voiced criticism this week against Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last summer at Trump Tower which included campaign staff and Russians linked to the Kremlin. When the focus wasn't on the Trump-Russia scandal, it was on health care and the Republicans' inability to pass their Senate health care reform bill. Errol Barnett reports.
Between the controversy surrounding his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer for dirt on Hillary Clinton and another setback for health care reform, it hasn't been a good week for President Trump. "Face the Nation" host and chief Washington correspondent John Dickerson talks about the week that was and the week ahead for Trump.
Two Senate Republicans have already said they'll oppose a second version of leadership's health care plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, and one more could kill the bill
President Trump gave the revised Republican health care bill a shout-out on Twitter today. "Next week, the Senate is going to vote on legislation to save Americans from the Obamacare disaster," he wrote. Errol Barnett has more.
On Thursday Senate Republicans released the newest version of their plan to replace Obamacare. Two key opponents, Sens. Rand Paul and Susan Collins, said they would vote against it. The only holdout who has gone from no to yes is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Nancy Cordes reports.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state of Kentucky is expected to be hard hit by proposed cuts in Medicaid funding. After Obamacare was enacted, Medicaid expansion led to a sharp drop in the number of uninsured in the state. Omar Villafranca reports.