The Democrat reiterated her opposition in a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday, saying the health care bill being pushed by Senate Republicans is a "monstrosity". That highlights a major issue when it comes to gradually getting rid of government programs. Susan Collins of ME said on ABC's "This Week" when asked whether the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump could get her support by week's end.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn says passing a health care bill won't get any easier if Republican leaders delay a Senate vote on the GOP health care plan.
The battle over health care heated up late last week and may reach a boiling point, and perhaps a Senate vote, this week. He said he feels "a sense of urgency" to push forward because the health care system is in "full meltdown mode". Trump reportedly told them he thought the next version of the legislation needed to be "more generous, more kind". Dean Heller of Nevada, have said they oppose the bill in its current form.
US President Donald Trump delivers his weekly address, focussing on healthcare.
He urged Republicans to work with Democrats by "stop sabotaging Obamacare" and giving up the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
"This is largely a Medicaid reform package", Sasse said, during the lunchtime program at the meeting of the Seminar Network, which brings together hundreds of large donors to the organizations under the umbrella of Charles and David Koch.
Lee, who was a member of the group supposedly tasked with writing the legislation, blasted the bill last week after he was left out of the drafting process.
Sasse said he's neither finished reading the bill nor taken a position on it.
Asked if he'll work to stop a health care vote in the next week, Johnson demurred.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) also agreed there is undue pressure to pass the bill quickly. Ted Cruz, Utah Sen.
US President Donald Trump hopes the "dead carcass of Obamacare" is soon to be replaced.
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And while the round number is nice, it's more notable for putting him second on the list of all-time global goals by a European. The win, however, came at a cost as Manchester City-bound midfielder Bernardo Silva was substituted because of an ankle injury.
Not for more than a third of a century has American politics been so fractured - and Senator Bernie Sanders, whose underfunded, underestimated and underdog presidential campaign shook up the Democratic Party a year ago, has a message for a party he for many years forswore: Return to your roots as the sentinel of the poor and striving, workers and immigrants.
"It would be so great if the Democrats and Republicans could get together, wrap their arms around it and come up with something that everybody's happy with", the USA president said. But the Democrats are still coming to grips with their upset loss in the November presidential race and with the reality that Mr. Trump is president. And the president called Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren "somebody that's just got a lot of hatred". Several states have defunded Planned Parenthood, which has led to an "exploding HIV outbreak" and problems for low-income women who were suddenly unable to find a health care provider. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly interested in making sure senators decide on the bill before July 4th.
That's not sitting well with GOP Sen.
"I have very serious concerns about the bill", she said on ABC's This Week programme. "But I think we're going to get it". So I've been encouraging leadership, the White House, anybody I can talk to for quite some time, let's not rush this process.
Speaking to "Fox & Friends", Trump claimed that former President Barack Obama only called the draft bill "mean" because he did it first.
Trump said that each of the lawmakers would have a chance to negotiate a better deal. "But I think they're going to get there", Trump said of Republican Senate leaders. "It's hard for me to see the bill passing this week", she added.
Republicans actually need 51 votes to pass the legislation, but one of them can be Vice President Mike Pence's tie-breaking vote.
Collins says another seven to eight senators including herself remain troubled about the possible Medicaid cuts.
Collins spoke on ABC's "This Week".
"I don't see anything other than a reduction in the growth of spending", Johnson said.
"We have a very good plan", Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
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