GOP senators to get glimpse of leadership's health care ideas

President Donald Trump is meeting congressional leaders on Tuesday to push for efforts to overhaul the USA healthcare and tax systems, as investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election campaign weigh on his administration.

Senators said a PowerPoint presentation at Tuesday's Senate GOP lunch meeting left some key decisions unresolved.

The ObamaCare push in the Senate follows the House passing its version, which congressional analysts say would end health-care coverage for an estimated 23 million Americans.

In meetings, aides have said that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the ultimate decision maker, has not made any statements that would point to which way the GOP's bill will move. These policy items included how to reduce premiums and how to approach Medicaid expansion, according to Politico. Sen. Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of SC declaring over the last several days that they don't even see Senate Republicans passing a health care bill by the end of the year. This means they need to whip at least 50 votes, according to The Hill. But in the Senate, where a minority group of members can effectively stall any legislation from advancing, buy-in from the broader Republican Conference will be necessary for the GOP to succeed in overhauling President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, the 2010 health care law.

"The Committee of Conference is more than appeasing an individual - the Committee of Conference does a lot of very in-depth work and understanding all the intricacies of the different lines", Hinch said.

The latest round of talks comes amid pessimism during last week's congressional recess about whether the Senate GOP would be able to pass a repeal bill. Roy Blunt (R-MO). "We're ready to land this airplane", said Sen. "I think there's obviously more to be done, but the phaseout is further down the road and states have a chance to adapt", he said. For example, it's expected the Senate legislation would set a limit on future federal spending for Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for low-income people.

The existing bill has already had a turbulent history: The legislation passed the House in early May in a narrow 217-213 vote after weeks of negotiations and internal disagreements between House Republicans. In the event of a 50-50 vote, Vice President Mike Pence would cast the tiebreaker.

Buffeted by criticism on many fronts, Trump wants faster action from his fellow Republicans who control Congress, pressing lawmakers to finish the job of dismantling the Obamacare health care law and move on quickly to another of his priorities: tax cuts. That makes it pretty much impossible for the GOP to press forward with a tax reform package in the next few months. "Rather, members are coming together, I believe in good faith, [and] working to come to common ground". "Neither the House nor Senate budget keeps up with population growth and inflation", Cooper said.

Asked if the phaseout of the Medicaid expansion was still a concern of his, Cassidy said it was.

"I don't want to pull the rug out from under anyone", Johnson said, "but let's not leave the rug out there for a couple more years to have more people stand on the rug".

Senators will question Comey on whether Trump tried to get him to back off an FBI investigation into ties between the president's 2016 campaign and Russian Federation, an attempt that critics have said could constitute obstruction of justice. Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Rallo buttonholed legislators in the House, asking them not to remove the money senators added for colleges.

Among the reasons Anthem cited for withdrawing from OH was the uncertainty over federal payments that help decrease health care costs for low-income individuals, commonly known as cost-sharing subsidies.