09 July, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Thursday that if Senate Republicans can not reach the 50-vote threshold to pass the Better Care Reconciliation Act, then he will have to craft a bill that will be able to get support from his colleagues across the aisle, The Washington Post reports.
Previously, other Republicans have said that if their broad drive to dismantle much of Obama's law struggled, a smaller bill with quick help for insurers and consumers might be needed.
At home for the Independence Day recess, McConnell made the statement in Glasgow, Ky.
Schumer has repeatedly said Democrats won't negotiate until Republicans abandon their repeal effort. If anything, the list seemed to have grown this week, as Sen.
CNN reports that there are 13 GOP senators against the bill in some form, and 23 still reviewing the legislation.
Republicans have said Obama's law is failing, citing markets around the country where insurers have pulled out or sharply boosted premiums. A federal court has ruled the payments weren't authorized by Congress but has allowed them to temporarily continue. Department of Human Services Commissioner Emily Piper also says it would eliminate nearly all funding for a low-income health care program called MinnesotaCare.
It said the same about the Senate legislation. The tour will visit 20 states - including California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, Kentucky and Wisconsin - to meet with local leaders about the bill, which Democrats say will harm citizens who receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
Complicating matters is Cruz and Sen.
One of the protesters were arrested for suggesting that "liberals are going to solve the Republican problem" by getting a "better aim", presumably referencing last month's attack on GOP congress members at the congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, according to Jason Samuels, Sen.
"The challenge is we've got a bunch of moderate Republicans who want to keep those mandates", Cruz said in a radio interview Wednesday, per The Hill.
Further qualms were voiced by Sen. It certainly will not be the salary of the people who make these choices.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) signaled that he would support a bipartisan bill to stabilize the health insurance market.
McConnell said he expected to have a new version of the legislation ready in "a week or so".
I hope Toomey has another job lined up.
