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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to the Senate chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.
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Trump Slams McCain for Opposing Latest Republican Attempt to Overhaul Health Care
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Sen. Luther Strange, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Huntsville, Alabama.
John McCain deals blow to – Obamacare’ repeal plan
US Senator John McCain has declared his opposition to the last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare", dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the programme. It was the second time in three months 81-year-old Mr McCain emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
Watchdog to probe Price’s travel costs
In this Sept. 15, 2017, photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks at the Mirmont Treatment Center in Media, Pa.
Elect swamp drainer, Trump tells Alabama
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One in Morristown, N.J., to travel Friday to Huntsville, Ala., for a campaign rally for Senate candidate Luther Strange. HUNTSVILLE, Ala.
Kees pick for U.S. attorney
President Donald Trump has nominated an ethics and compliance director at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Duane A. Kees, known as "Dak," currently focuses on corporate investigations for the Bentonville-based retailer, according to a news release the White House sent out Friday.
McCain gives thumbs down to health bill
Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, just three months after the Arizona Republican helped scuttle another effort by his party to repeal the health law and fulfill a signature promise to voters. "I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried," the 81-year-old McCain said of the bill, co-written by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, his best friend in the Senate, and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.
Graham-Cassidy: Not Technically Dead But Yeah
With John McCain's defection yesterday afternoon, Republicans are scrambling to try and salvage one of their most notable campaign promises: Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. In an effort to make sense of what's been happening, here's the state of play for the Obamacare The bill has been rendered all but dead thanks to the efforts of Rand Paul and John McCain.
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McCain doesn’t back GOP health care bill, drawing Trump ire
President Donald Trump is calling Sen. John McCain's opposition to the latest GOP effort to pass a health care bill "sad" and "a horrible, horrible thing for the Republican Party." McCain announced Friday he isn't voting in favor of the bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.
Trump assures voters Strange is a stronger Senate candidate
President Donald Trump says his pick in the Republican runoff for Senate in Alabama is getting a "bum rap" as a friend of the Senate's majority leader. The distance Trump is trying to put between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and incumbent Sen. Luther Strange is a sign of the divided loyalties emerging in the Alabama race.
Latest GOP effort to dismantle Obamacare on the brink of failure after defections
The latest Republican effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act stood on the brink of failure Friday after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., announced his opposition to the proposal and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was leaning against it. The intensifying resistance dealt a potentially decisive blow to the renewed attempt to fulfill a seven-year-old GOP promise.
Trump Wades Deeper Into Alabama Primary At Strange Rally – With Some Hesitation
President Trump traveled to Alabama Friday night to stump for his chosen candidate, Sen. Luther Strange, ahead of Tuesday's bitter GOP Senate primary. But even he acknowledged his alliance with the appointed senator was somewhat strange given the fact that so many of his allies - such as former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, former national security aide Sebastian Gorka and former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin - are all backing Strange's opponent, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
The Worst Republican Senator
There really ought to be a statute of limitations on how long John McCain can play the tortured war hero card. His war hero status was exhausted with me a decade ago over a single instance.
Matt Schlapp on GOPers Trying to ‘Weasel Out’ of Obamacare Promises: ‘It’s Pitchfork Time’
Discussing the Alabama senate primary battle between Luther Strange and Roy Moore and the rally President Trump had in support of Strange, Schlapp told Hannity guest-host Judge Jeanine Pirro that Strange's struggle in this election is because he as seen as the "establishment candidate" with the $9 million campaign contribution from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 's PAC. The panel also discussed Trump's remarks on the latest effort on health care reform that hit a probable dead end by Sen. John McCain .
McCain deals huge blow to ‘Obamacare’ repeal
Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the program. It was the second time in three months the 81-year-old McCain emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
Iowa crowd peppers Ernst with questions about health care, ‘Dreamers’
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst answers a question during her Johnson County Town Hall Meeting Friday, Sept.
GOP eyes corporate tax rate of 20 percent, retreating from Trump’s lofty goal
President Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan listen during a meeting regarding tax reform at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
GOP’s ‘Obamacare’ repeal all but dead; McCain deals the blow
Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party's years of vows to kill the program. It was the second time in three months the 81-year-old McCain emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
Pence targets Democratic Indiana senator with tax speech
In this file photo taken on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition luncheon in Indianapolis. Vice President Pence will make the Republican case for a federal tax code overhaul during a speech Friday, Sept.