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Senators early Friday narrowly rejected a dramatically slimmed-down Obamacare repeal bill, even after being promised by GOP leaders that the measure would never actually become law. The strategy was a desperate and ultimately unsuccessful gambit by Republican leaders, who had run out of options after failing to convince their majority to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a promised new healthcare plan.
The Senate voted decisively on Thursday to approve a new package of stiff financial sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, sending the popular bill to President Donald Trump for his signature after weeks of intense negotiations. Never in doubt, however, was a cornerstone of the legislation that bars Trump from easing or waiving the additional penalties on Russia unless Congress agrees.
Three Republicans senators,John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, held a press conference Thursday saying they cannot vote for the GOP health care bill in its current form. WASHINGTON - With their ranks in chaos, Senate Republican leaders appeared ready to work late into the night Thursday to devise a slimmed-down repeal of the Affordable Care Act by sometime Friday, as Democrats slammed the secretive process as a sham and key Republican senators threatened to block the effort.
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Trump's surprise directive ordering the military to keep transgender individuals from serving may be appealing to some of his supporters, but it's an unnecessary political blunder. And especially bad timing.
Sen. John McCain, recently diagnosed with brain cancer, returned to the U.S. Senate Tuesday to cast a key vote to allow health care reform deliberations to begin. He then urged his colleagues to put aside partisanship and "stop spinning our wheels."
US senator John McCain has criticised "bombastic loudmouths" who "don't want anything done for the public good" as he cast a crucial vote in the Republican drive to repeal so-called Obamacare. In a speech to his Senate colleagues, Mr McCain condemned the tribal politics gripping the nation as the Republican party attempts to uproot former president Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
United States Senator John McCain stood with his party on Tuesday, casting a crucial vote in the Republican drive to repeal "Obamacare", while also condemning the tribal politics besetting the nation. Confronting an aggressive brain cancer, the 80-year-old Arizonan served notice that he would not vote for the GOP legislation as it stands now.
Once again, John McCain answered the call. The senator from Arizona rose from his sick bed Tuesday to travel to Washington to cast the deciding vote on a measure to begin debate on a health care bill, and also to deliver a stinging rebuke to a Senate riven by partisanship and populated by politicians who, as McCain said, are more interested in "winning" than they are improving the Here you can find useful examples and description about searching the news archive.
Prodded by President Donald Trump, a bitterly divided Senate voted at last Tuesday to move forward with the Republicans' long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare." There was high drama as Sen. John McCain returned to the Capitol for the first time after being diagnosed with brain cancer to cast a decisive "yes" vote.
Sen. John McCain returns to the U.S. Senate July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. McCain was recently diagnosed with brain cancer but returned on the day the Senate is holding a key procedural vote on U.S. President Donald TrumpA*s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Washington: The US House of Representatives has approved a sweeping package of sanctions against Russia, clearing a key hurdle in Congress' effort long opposed by the Trump administration, to punish Moscow for its aggression toward its neighbours and interference in last year's US presidential election. The landslide vote, 419-3, brings President Donald Trump one step closer to a choice he has strained to avoid: whether to sign legislation that is embraced by Republicans in both the House and the Senate but which undercuts his attempts to ratchet down tensions with Moscow, or to veto the bill even as Russia-related scandal consumes his administration.
And they say countries facing terror threats must prepare to deal with attacks with chemical weapons such as sarin or mustard gas, and attacks targeted at "iconic victims" such as children or emergency care responders. After Donald Trump publicly stated that he was disappointed in Jeff Sessions, his new Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, agrees in an interview that the US President 'probably' wants Sessions fired.
JULY 25: Sen. John McCain returns to the U.S. Senate accompanied by his wife Cindy July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. McCain was recently diagnosed with brain cancer but returned on the day the Senate is holding a key procedural vote on U.S. President Donald TrumpA*s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as the Senate was to vote on moving head on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law.
In recent days, John McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer ; Rand Paul savaged his party's health-care plan as " crony capitalism "; and Nevada's Dean Heller - the GOP's most vulnerable Senator in 2018 - denounced the bill's Medicaid cuts , while arguing that it wouldn't do anything to lower premiums. But on Tuesday, John McCain got back to town - and Paul and Heller got onboard.
Senate Republicans agreed to begin floor debate on health-care legislation, a hard-fought step amid uncertainty about exactly what plan senators will ultimately be asked to vote on. The drama of Tuesday's 51-50 vote -- with Vice President Mike Pence providing the tie-breaker -- was heightened by the arrival from Arizona of Senator John McCain to help the GOP try to repeal Obamacare following his brain-cancer diagnosis last week.
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to "step up to the plate" for Tuesday's crucial Senate vote on their bill eviscerating much of the Obama health care law. The stage was set for high drama, with Sen. John McCain returning to the Capitol to cast his first vote since being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Sen. John McCain will be returning to Washington for business on Tuesday, a week after news broke that he was diagnosed with brain cancer following a surgery the week before to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. John McCain will return to the Senate on Tuesday Sen. John McCain will be returning to Washington for business on Tuesday, a week after news broke that he was diagnosed with brain cancer following a surgery the week before to remove a blood clot from above his left eye.