Health care poses a test of Trump’s work with the Senate
Now, facing an enormous challenge in the
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The strategy follows Trump's seat-of-the-pants approach on health care in the House that almost unraveled and exposed painful rifts among
After a shaky start, the
On taxes, a working group of four top lawmakers is meeting weekly in hopes of coming up with a unified
While health care is still unfinished, Trump took pride on Friday in signing a bill to make it easier to fire workers at the much-criticized
"I've done in five months what other people haven't done in years," Trump said in an interview that aired Friday on
"He's more engaging, which means he has more personal relationships," said No. 2 House Republican
But the
When Trump suggested on Twitter in late May that
During a
But Trump didn't articulate what improvements he wanted to see in the
Shortly after the
Four conservative
Others, like Sens.
"It's going to be very difficult to get me to a 'yes,'" Heller said Friday.
Trump helped House leaders corral votes, but his ability to move more difficult-to-influence senators is untested. Several of them felt his lash during last year's campaign or, like Portman and
The health care bill could underscore the perils of the president's poor job approval ratings, which have hovered around 40 percent this year. Some of the
Behind the scenes, several members of Trump's team have been active in discussions with
Vice President
Former Senate Majority Leader
"It may be a squeaker, but I have a lot of confidence in the ability and the maneuverability of McConnell," Lott said.
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