According to NBC Washington, about 60 protestors, many of them disabled, gathered outside McConnell's office to protest the newly unveiled senate health care bill on Thursday morning.
A Republican senator up for re-election next year just got some bad news about the Senate GOP health care bill. Disabled patients who rely on Medicaid for their essential and life-saving care hoped that they might find some compassion and mercy from the Republicans intent on gutting their health care.
Video showed Capitol Police officers carrying out protesters as they chanted "no cuts to Medicaid, save our liberty". She said the bill would cause "millions and millions and millions of people" to lose their health care and "inflict great suffering on veterans, on seniors, on working families, on rural communities".
The protesters have filled a hallway in one of the Senate office buildings, outside the office of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
The sit-in was organized by a group called ADAPT, which advocates for disability rights. "I will oppose it coming to the floor in its current form, but I remain open to negotiations", said Paul.
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McConnell made it clear to President Donald Trump on more than one occasion that Senate business should be left to him, and as a result Trump largely stayed out of the process, unlike during the House's health care deliberations.
Lobbyists and congressional aides say the Senate bill would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and rescind tax increases that Obama imposed to help pay for his law's expansion of coverage.
Ernst declined to comment on any other provisions during a news conference at the Iowa Capitol, saying, "We have 142 pages to go through".
The House approved its version of the bill last month. Iowa opted to expand, and has added more than 150,000 people to its rolls since 2014.
The bill also strips key benefits from former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act; lowers taxes for the wealthy; and slashes funding from women's reproductive health provider, Planned Parenthood.
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