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The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama's health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators in opposing the push. The Maine moderate said in a statement that the legislation would make "devastating" cuts in the Medicaid program for poor and disabled people, drive up premiums for millions and weaken protections Obama's law gives people with pre-existing medical conditions.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins is a hard "no" on Graham-Cassidy, effectively delivering a fatal blow to the GOP's latest Obamacare replacement bill. Collins released a statement Monday afternoon calling the proposal "deeply flawed."
James referred to Trump as "U bum" in a tweet on Saturday after the president pulled back an invitation to the Golden State Warriors to visit the White House. James said at a free-wheeling news conference on Monday that Trump doesn't understand how many kids are looking up to the president of the United States for guidance, leadership and words of encouragement.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told members of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday that his health care plan isn't the "last chance" to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He explained to his colleagues that Obamacare is "collapsing" in South Carolina and that he wants to save the country from a single-payer health care system.
Rep. Louis Gohmert told Fox News' Steve Doocy that Sen. McCain should be recalled because of the stress of fighting cancer and because he broke his word on repealing Obamacare. Fox and Friends brought on the Texas Congressman to complain along with Steve Doocy about how the Senate has failed to pass a healthcare bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare.
No one is surprised. Except maybe Facebook, which clearly spent 2016 entirely focused on cashing checks rather than noting their site was being taken over by Republi-Russians.
The editorial pages are beginning to devote more column space to the election of 2020. It's all about President Trump, of course - specifically, how Democrats smell blood in the water, and how they intend to sell their reconfigured platform to voters.
Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday with the GOP just one more "no" vote away from having their latest effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act scuttled. So far, two Republicans -- Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Rand Paul of Kentucky -- have publicly come out against the latest bill to overhaul Obamacare.
In this July 27, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Legislative budget analysts say a possibly doomed Republican health care bill would mean a first-year loss of $1.7 billion of funding for Arizona for the Medicaid eligibility expansion and the health exchange.
Democrats have no intention of doing anything that would "substantially change" Obamacare, Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Sunday. He described Obamacare as a "placeholder" for the eventual move to single-payer health care, which Sen. Bernie Sanders and other liberals are plugging.
In this Nov. 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. waves to supporters as he arrives for his victory party prior to officially announcing his victory over Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in Phoenix.
Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced on Sunday that it is "very difficult" for her to envision a scenario in which she would vote for the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, potentially driving a final stake into the heart of the GOP's recent attempt at an Obamacare repeal. The Republican-controlled Senate would need Collins' vote to pass the bill, as two senators - John McCain, R-Ariz, and Rand Paul, R-Tenn.
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Despite Arizona Sen. John McCain's decision to oppose the latest Republican health care plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the effort is still ongoing, GOP aides say -- at least for the moment. Multiple aides involved in the process say the focus on winning Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's vote has continued into the weekend, with changes seen to benefit her state related to the state's funding formula in the bill and the timeline for implementation.
Sen. John McCain , listened as former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on his past relationship with President Donald Trump, and his role in the Russian interference investigation, in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. "John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves.
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