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President Donald Trump pressured Republicans Monday to approve the Senate's wheezing health care bill, saying a showdown vote planned for this week is their "last chance to do the right thing" and erase the Obama health law. Trump's prodding came a day before leaders have said the Senate will vote on legislation shredding much of President Barack Obama's health care law.
The Senate will move forward with a key vote this week on a Republican health care bill but it's not yet known whether the legislation will seek to replace the Affordable Care Act or simply repeal it, the third-highest ranking Republican senator said Sunday. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will make a decision soon on which bill to bring up for a vote, depending on ongoing discussions with GOP senators.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be.
The Republican-controlled Senate will make one more attempt to repeal Obamacare next week, hoping to make good on a major campaign pledge made by President Donald Trump. Trump and his Republican allies suffered a major setback when the latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare failed in the Senate, riven by divisions between conservatives and moderates over what should come next.
Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, and Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, have found a bipartisan message in their push to reform how states implement pre-trial bail. The two lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday that would change or replace the bail system using a $10 million grant over a three-year period.
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Donald Trump is taking the heat for the implosion of the Senate health care bill, which is what happens when you're president and your party controls both houses of Congress. But there is another Republican who is getting pummeled in the press.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee with a well-known maverick streak that often vexes his GOP colleagues, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old lawmaker has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, according to doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, where McCain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye last Friday.
Arizona Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after doctors removed a blood clot above his left eye last week, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old Republican has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, according to doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
Arizona Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after doctors removed a blood clot above his left eye last week, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old Republican has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, according to doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance. CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance.
In this July 14 2017 photo, Jonathan Nickell checks his iPad while waiting for his wife to have surgery at the St. Joseph Mount Sterling hospital in Mount Sterling, Ky. Nickell said rural hospitals are essential to their community.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., followed by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn Texas, leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, to speak to members of the media following a luncheon with President Donald Trump and other GOP leadership. WASHINGTON - Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an "Obamacare" repeal bill to sign.
The stunning collapse of ObamaCare repeal on Tuesday forced Republicans to confront a sobering reality: Their party and agenda are in a deep hole, and it's not going to be easy to get out. Republicans have campaigned on repealing and replacing ObamaCare for the past seven years but find themselves unable to deliver on that promise despite having unified control of Congress and the White House.
Senate Republicans were scrambling to pick up the pieces Tuesday after their attempt to repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law collapsed a second time. After working for months on a new health package, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday that the Senate would vote to simply repeal Obama's health care law "sometime in the near future."
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a media briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a first step toward tax reform on Tuesday, with the release of a fiscal 2018 budget plan that would allow a tax reform package to pass the U.S. Congress without support from Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, after announcing the revised version of the Republican health care bill.