In a speech to the nation's governors, Vice President Pence said several misleading and false claims about the Senate's health-care proposal and Obamacare.
The majority leader publicly dangled in front of hard-right conservative senators what they have said they wanted if the current health-care effort falls apart: a so-called clean repeal of the law known as Obamacare.
On July 14, Vice President Pence spoke at the National Governors Association where he made a number of misleading and incorrect claims about the Senate health-care bill's affect on Medicaid.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on July 16 explained why they continue to oppose a Senate bill aiming to revise the Affordable Care Act.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spent three weeks on a rewrite of the Affordable Care Act to win over wavering lawmakers on the right and in the center. Within hours, it was clear he still didn’t have the votes.
The president’s comments came amid conservative concerns that the bill doesn’t fully repeal Obamacare — but also amid signs that some uncertain senators were ready to support it.