Senators on July 26 took part in several votes and debates on health care a day after Senate Republicans voted to start considering legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
House Republicans who fought tooth and nail earlier this year to expand the scope of the repeal legislation are saying “fat chance” to the skinny repeal.
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) on July 26 expressed frustration with the Senate’s handling of several health-care votes to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) on July 26 said he and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) are introducing a health-care amendment that would maintain taxes on the wealthy established under the Affordable Care Act.
The Senate on July 26 voted against a proposal that would have ended major parts of the Affordable Care Act with a two-year delay to allow time for lawmakers to design new health-care legislation.
Seven years of promises, seven months of trying. Republicans can't figure out how to repeal Obamacare, and that's never been more evident than this week.
During a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, July 25, President Trump said senators voting against a Republican bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act will “have a lot of problems.”