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The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Ryan's announcement Thursday evening is meant to ease doubts among Senate Republicans about voting for a minimal repeal bill.
At the same time Senate Republicans were considering ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a few House Democrats offered up their solution to improve it. "This is the best plan that is being proposed today from a practicality standpoint," Rep. Brian Higgins, D-NY-1, said.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is not ruling out a tax increase should congressional Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law result in cuts to Medicaid. Holcomb said Thursday that he is "willing to entertain all sorts of decisions that will be difficult."
The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Addressing the National Federation of Independent Business, Vice President Mike Pence said the Senate has "an opportunity and an obligation" to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. WASHINGTON - They couldn't pass a repeal of "Obamacare," or find the votes for a White House-backed replacement.
Health-care companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have rallied 16 percent this year, beating the overall market's 11 percent gain. Insurers, the companies tied most closely to the Affordable Care Act, are up even more at 23 percent.
With eight hours left of debate in the Senate reconciliation process , it appears all of the Republicans' chances of repealing Obamacare will come down to a single option: the "skinny repeal." Not much is known about the skinny repeal, however.
In January 1988, in Ronald Reagan's final State of the Union address, he noisily dropped on a table next to the podium in the House chamber three recent continuing resolutions, each more than a thousand pages long. Each was evidence of Congress' disregard of the 1974 Budget Act.
Republicans demonstrated they do not have the stomach to repeal Obamacare when it really counts, as the Senate voted 55-45 to reject legislation undoing major portions of Barack Obama's law without replacing it. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats in rejecting an amendment by Rand Paul of Kentucky that would have repealed most of former president Obama's health care law, with a two-year delay but no replacement.
With the failure Wednesday afternoon of the 2015 House bill that would just repeal the Affordable Care Act , Congress' two best chances to scrap Obamacare in one fell swoop dissipated before senators' eyes. That amendment, which also contained a provision to delay the implementation of a repeal by two years to allow lawmakers to come up with a replacement system, failed 45-55, with seven Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues in opposition.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives for a vote as the Republican-run Senate rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at the Capitol in Washington.
In this image from video provided by C-SPAN2, the final Senate vote, with Vice President Mike Pence's vote, to start debate to tear down much of the Obama health care law, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. In this image from video provided by C-SPAN2, the final Senate vote, with Vice President Mike Pence's vote, to start debate to tear down much of the Obama health care law, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington.
It's looking likely that GOP legislation to revamp Obamacare will undergo a pretty major weight loss program before all is said and done. Expectations are building that Senate leaders will ultimately present Republicans with a " skinny " bill after more aggressive measures fail during some 20 hours of floor debate over the next few days.
This revised iteration of BCRA - which included an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz to allow non-Obamacare plans back on the market paired with $100 billion in funding to partially offset the Medicaid cuts - was subject, because of the Senate budget rules, to a 60-vote threshold for a procedural vote. It failed handily, 43 to 57, with nine Republicans and all of the Democrats opposing it.
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.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks Tuesday after the successful vote to proceed with repealing Obamacare. Hours later, the Senate rejected the GOP's first crack at a new health care bill.
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.
Demonstrators are removed from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as Republican Senators moved ahead on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law. Demonstrators are removed from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as Republican Senators moved ahead on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law.
US Vice President Mike Pence had to break a 50-50 tie as the Senate voted by a hair to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama healthcare law. The vote gives President Donald Trump and Republican leaders a crucial initial victory but launches a week-long debate promising an uncertain final outcome.
Senate Republicans clear key hurdle on Obamacare repeal, but the hard part is still ahead "This is just the beginning," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters after the vote. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: https://usat.ly/2v4pVPb Vice President Mike Pence was the tie-breaking vote as the Senate voted to advance the GOP health care bill that aims to repeal and replace Obamacare.