The Latest: Trump slams McCain for opposing health bill
Republican Sen.
Trump tweeted Monday night: "A few of the many clips of
Trump's tweet accompanied six minutes and 24 seconds of clips of McCain promising repeal and replace of President
McCain announced Friday that he couldn't support the latest bill, arguing for a bipartisan effort.
Earlier in the day, Trump blistered McCain for his decisive July vote killing an earlier Republican effort to erase the 2010 law. Trump called that "a tremendous slap in the face of the Republican party."
The debate goes on — even as the numbers suggest the latest
Republican Sen.
It was unclear whether the
Graham and Cassidy defended their bill against criticism from Independent Sen.
Police on Tuesday carried some demonstrators out of the hearing room and took out others in wheelchairs as scores chanted, "No cuts to Medicaid, save our liberty."
The protest came as
In a statement late Monday, the police say they arrested 15 demonstrators and charged them with disruption of
The police also arrested 143 people in the hallway outside the committee hearing room. They were charged with crowding and obstructing.
Twenty-three people were charged with crowding, obstructing and resisting arrest.
The only remaining hope for the
Collins' announcement comes as the
Collins is the fourth
All
The collapse of the effort would be another major setback for President
The
The nonpartisan analysts say people would lose coverage in part because of
Others would drop policies because the bill would halt federal subsidies Obama's law gives them. Still others would be uninsured because the measure drops the law's tax penalty on people who don't buy coverage.
The
The budget office says it will take weeks to produce a more precise estimate of the bill's impact.
A top Senate Republican say he doubts whether the latest
Sen.
Prospects for the bill are uncertain as a decisive handful of
But the No. 2 Republican in the
Protesters in wheelchairs interrupted Tuesday's hearing on the
The noisy protests forced
Hatch told the protesters, "If you want a hearing you better shut up!" His complaint was to no avail as the protests continued.
The protesters are being removed from the hearing room one by one.
The hearing comes as
President
McCain returned to the
Trump says, "That's the only reason we don't have it, because of
Trump called the "Rick and Bubba Show," an
A spokesman for Sen.
Just three Republican opponents would kill the bill in the narrowly divided
Spokesman
Gor calls meeting those demands "the only way" Paul votes yes.
The proposal would allow states to let insurers boost premiums on people with serious pre-existing medical conditions and on older customers. They could also let insurers sell lower-cost policies covering fewer services than President
The initial version of the Republican bill required states to get federal approval to make those changes. The changes might help win over
Sponsors say the measure adds money for states with dissident senators including
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President
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