The Latest: Bipartisan effort to improve ‘Obamacare’ over
A bipartisan attempt at shoring up the Affordable Care Act is officially over in the
The development comes as the
GOP Sen.
But Murray disputed that, alleging
Alexander and Murray had been aiming for a limited short-term plan to stabilize insurance premiums. But passage through the House or the
Fifteen Republican governors are lining up behind the
The governors wrote a letter to lawmakers Tuesday saying they "appreciate" the bill by GOP Sens.
The
The letter came after 10 governors from both parties wrote separately to senators rejecting that bill and calling for a bipartisan health care drive.
The
A chief sponsor of Republican bill to dismantle Obamacare says he's "never felt better about where we're at" but stopped short of predicting the
That's the word from
Senate Majority Leader
Graham said at the "end of the day" we need 50 votes.
Vice President
Pence was speaking to Republican senators at their weekly luncheon and urging them to act on health care.
Pence and
They spoke by phone to Trump and House Speaker
Graham says Trump called him Monday night to encourage him.
The plan would replace much of Obama's law with block grants to states and reshape Medicaid.
A bipartisan group of 10 governors, including the leader of the
In a letter Tuesday, the governors urged top Republican
Republican
They signed the letter along with
The governors of
The
That's the word Tuesday from the largest association of physicians. In a letter to
The group says the proposal from Sens.
House Minority Leader
Pelosi calls the bill a moral monstrosity. The
Pelosi says members are encouraged to participate in what she called a tweet storm against "Trumpcare" Tuesday afternoon from
She is also urging members in "this emergency request" to schedule town hall meetings and press conferences to speak out against the legislation.
Pelosi says
Senate Majority Leader
McConnell calls the bill by Sens.
The bill would undo major elements of
McConnell says the
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But the
That proved a bridge too far in July. Three attempts for passage of similar measures fell short and delivered an embarrassing defeat to President
McConnell has said he'd not bring another alternative to the
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