Posted on 07/30/2017 7:28:13 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Senate Republicans ended July in humiliating and seemingly final defeat over repealing and replacing ObamaCare, but relentless pressure this weekend from President Trump and reports of yet another potentially winning bill has sparked renewed hope of success within the party.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reportedly has a new overhaul plan for the Senate, where senators will returned Monday because Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has revoked the first two weeks of their traditional August recess.
Trump also met privately with several Senate Republicans on Friday, according to Politico, which also first reported about the Graham proposal. Sept. 17, 2013: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a Republican caucus at the Capitol in Washington. Expand / Collapse
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP)
The president then launched into a very public Twitter rant this weekend in which he said Senate Republicans “look like fools” for trying and failing for essentially the entire month to pass an overhaul plan.
Several GOP senators have balked at the recent measure and amendments, including Maine Sen. Susan Collins.
Collins said Sunday that the ObamaCare issue remains unsettled and that the Senate must get back to work.
“Our job is not done,” she told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “There are serious problems with (ObamaCare.) ... And I certainly hope the administration does not do anything in the meantime to hasten that collapse.”
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Well what caused this..Collins said Sunday that the ObamaCare issue remains unsettled and that the Senate must get back to work.
Maybe phone and emails...or polling or TRUMP
His threat to take away their exemption worked brilliantly.
It’ll be done before August ends.
Mark my words.
L
“Our job is not done,” she told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “There are serious problems with (ObamaCare.) ... And I certainly hope the administration does not do anything in the meantime to hasten that collapse.”
I give you the current GOP in a nutshell. Collins is an idiot. That’s her donors talking.
Man, I hate to see Graham’s hands on anything like this.
Notice how fast the ignorant toads are back pedaling after Trump threatened to stop the gravy train. It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so sadly predictable.
I am of the opinion that there needs to be three members of the freedom caucus to vote down any “fix”.
Hey President Trump— the majority in the senate seems to love ObamaCare. As a gesture of gratitude give it to them as a present. Personalize the EO you issue with a little Hallmark greeting and a free Obamacare gift card good to apply for their next healthcare policy in the Barrycare exchanges they love so much.
LOL...
Why am I not excited about a new healthcare bill put together by Linda Graham? :-\
She was always the most politically vulnerable of the three. Especially if she wants to run for Governor.
Or maybe she knows that Maine might lose federal dollars!
Let’s get back to clean repeal first.
There are "serious problems" with you, Suzie.
Socialized medicine is in-American.
Can Donald DO that?
What a meanie! These folks are royalty! They deserve all the perks that we get... waiiiiiiiiiit
Collins and Murkowski only care about the Takers, and most of the rest of the GOP is awash in Millions of Dollars in money from Big Insurance (who then get to write the actual bills). Lost in all of this are the ordinary people getting crushed. They don’t care about you. Theyonly made it look like they cared about you. But they don’t. And we all know it now.
Can he? Yep.
Will he? We can only hope.
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Gotta confess, when Mitt Romney said he’d issue these to all the states, that was enough for me. But again we’ve gone down a long rough road since then. There are patches to the patches to the patches. The favoritism isn’t even hidden.
I think Donald Trump is trying to get all America to own this misbegotten beast.
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