The Latest: Trump criticizes McCain over health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on health care legislation (all times local):
President
Trump is calling McCain's opposition "sad" and "a horrible, horrible thing" for the
McCain declared his opposition Friday to the
It's the second time in three months the 81-year-old McCain has emerged as the destroyer of his party's signature promise to voters.
Sen.
Sanders is praising McCain's for using his "conscience" in opposing the plan, but says the struggle to stop the
Sanders is touting his own "Medicare for all" health care plan during a nurses union conference in
The
Still, Sanders says, defending President
Vice President
Pence writes on Twitter that the legislation is "the right bill at the right time to repeal and replace" the health care law.
He says that although the "opposition is forming up," he and President
Pence's tweets didn't mention Republican Sen.
Pence was in
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GOP Sen.
McCain announced his opposition earlier Friday to the bill aimed at repealing much of President
Cassidy wrote the bill with
Two other Republican senators seem ready to oppose the legislation. All
A chief sponsor of the teetering Senate Republican drive to erase the Obama health care law says he's not giving up, even though Sen.
Graham says his friendship with McCain is not based on his votes, but instead on "how he's lived his life and the person he is."
Graham says he disagrees with the
The bill would transfer health care decision-making and funding from Washington to the states.
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A leading Senate Democrat says she's willing to resume efforts to find a bipartisan deal on health care.
Washington Sen.
Murray and GOP Tennessee Sen.
Murray says she's willing to keep pursuing a compromise when
Murray says in a written statement that the two parties should be "working together to find common ground."
The top Democrat in the
McCain made the stunning announcement Friday that he opposes the latest
Schumer says: "
McCain's opposition to the bill all but dashes
Talk-show host
McCain's statement of opposition Friday likely deals a fatal blow to the last-gasp
In a tweet, Kimmel thanks McCain "for being a hero again and again and now AGAIN."
Kimmel has been in a war of words with
Kimmel said he felt a sense of personal betrayal from Cassidy, a co-sponsor of the bill who went on Kimmel's
Sen.
The
He also says he can't back it without knowing the proposal's impact on insurance coverage and premiums. The nonpartisan
Republican Sen.
Gov.
LePage cites a study from the
In
Sen.
The
Trump tweeted Friday that Paul or other
Paul says top
He says he doesn't resent Trump's Twitter attacks on him for opposing the bill. He says, "I'm a big boy."
President
On Twitter Friday, Trump says: "
Republican Sen.
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