Senate Republicans have been crafting their own health care bill behind closed doors since the House approved its version. According to the Times, Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said: "They're ashamed of the bill".
Republican Senator Joni Ernst is urging GOP leaders in the Senate to embrace "transparency" and give the public a chance to review the Senate GOP's alternative health care bill before the senate votes on the plan. Asked what problems the bill is trying to solve, John McCain said "all of them", but only seemed to name the problem of getting enough senators to vote for the bill.
Fortunately, Maine Republican Sen.
The new 30-second spots come on top of new ads on rural radio stations from Save My Care targeting the same senators, as well as an 11-state ad buy that the AARP announced this week targeting Senate Republicans.
"[McConnell] gets to choose when he puts something forward, but they have to count the votes and they have to write a bill so it's hard for me to say absolutely yes or no because I haven't seen a bill", said Sen. (They are also, as eagle-eyed reporters have pointed out, acting like the bill is dead whenever they go home and might have to face their constituents.) The Republican healthcare bill is not about improving healthcare, which is not a very popular attribute for a healthcare bill.
Mitch McConnell and a select few Republican members of the Senate are now drafting a piece of legislation that represents one-sixth of our nation's economy and jeopardizes the healthcare of millions of Americans - and nobody, not even the people who will be voting on its passage - has any idea of what's in it.
As the New York Times recently reported, the secrecy surround the Senate's health care is raising alarms on both sides of the aisle. But Price said "it's not a yes or no answer".
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In an interview with Reuters last month, McConnell said he did not yet know how he would get enough votes for an Obamacare repeal.
President Donald Trump (C) congratulates House Republicans after they passed legislation aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House, on May 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.
The House bill is extremely unpopular, with voters disapproving of the legislation by almost 4 to 1. Have you or anyone in your department seen what the Senate Republicans are working on in terms of their version of Trumpcare?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will press for an ambitious rollout of their healthcare reform bill, even though the Senate continues to draft the bill.
Many conservatives are anxious that the bill is being changed to win over moderate Republicans, for example by allowing a longer phase-out of Medicaid expansion funds.
"We're asking for this meeting because the Republicans have refused to make their bill public or hold hearings on it. I don't know", Murkowski told Vox's Dylan Scott.
But the Republicans correctly chastised the Democrats on Capitol Hill for implementing such a significant a piece of legislation that only reflected one side of the aisle.
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