Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said: "I come from a manufacturing background".
"I've never heard of a more radical or a more reckless process", said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Democratic Sens. Corey Booker, Chris Murphy, and Brian Schatz hosted a three-part Facebook Live "field trip" to the Congressional Budget Office. And now, the Senate is pushing for an AHCA vote sometime next week.
"The Senate will soon have a chance to turn the page on this failed law", McConnell said, referring to Obamacare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is handing Democrats a rhetorical cudgel by crafting the bill behind closed doors. Now, only 26 percent of independents support the House GOP bill, while 53 percent oppose it.
Among the critics has been Sen. He told Talking Points Memo last week that "we're not worried" about releasing the legislation to the public as much as "getting it together" for a majority vote.
"The decision was made to do this through reconciliation".
Some GOP senators have complained that McConnell is rushing the revised bill to a vote without sharing its contents or debating them in public, but his gamble appears like it will pay off, reported Politico.
United States downs 'pro-regime' drone in southern Syria
More than 320,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began with anti-government demonstrations in March 2011. Sharif says the missile launch reflects Iran's "military power" though Iran has no intention of starting another war.
The White House launched a new website to promote the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
"In fact, we have a dozen or so Republican lawmakers meeting behind closed doors, no hearings, no debate, no process, no showing what the cost of it is, and no bill", said Leahy. And Alaska moderate Lisa Murkowski said she didn't know how she'd vote, adding, "I have no idea what the deal is". "I personally think that holding a vote on this next week would definitely be rushed". "It's apparently being written by a small handful of staffers for members of the Republican leadership in the Senate".
That echoed Democrats' lambasting of McConnell for writing the wide-ranging legislation in closed-door meetings. But they were hoping it would have at least two effects - scare off Republicans wavering over whether to back the measure, and show liberal activists that Democrats are aggressively trying to thwart the legislation, even though they lack the votes to derail it.
Americans need to know what McConnell and his bill drafters are planning - before they "jam it past not only the Senate but the American people".
If the Senate bill is similar to the House version, it would only allow people with pre-existing conditions to keep coverage if there are no lapses between insurance policies; otherwise, insurers would be allowed to deny them coverage, erasing a key provision of the ACA.
"It would not be in the direct sense that it was proposed in the House, but I think there are ways to address the concerns of members including my own", Tillis said.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said the GOP has been talking about repeal and replace for seven years, campaigned on it and now have to act. That might satisfy Republican senators from states that expanded their programs, but conservatives have wanted to halt the extra expenditures quickly.
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