Senate Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill may be flatlining
- Hours after a CBO report concluded the Senate health care bill would kick 22 million people off of insurance, defections among the party caucus in the Senate may doom the bill from ever reaching a vote.
- Vox policy reporter Dylann Scott tweeted on Monday evening he had heard that senators such as Rand Paul, Dean Heller and Susan Collins were all opposed to a motion to start debate on the bill as proposed.
- According to Politico, Sen. Ron Johnson has also “signaled” opposition to the procedural vote, while other senators including Shelley Moore Capito and Marco Rubio were “undecided.” Read more (6/27/17)
Democrats, the American Medical Association and US bishops blast the Senate health care bill
- After the CBO report, several Democratic Senators and Congresspeople took to Twitter to deride the Republican health care plan.
- On Monday, the American Medical Association also announced it strongly opposed the Senate’s health care proposal.
- Additionally, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced in a statement shared to Twitter that the Senate bill was “unacceptable.” Read more (6/27/17)
Keep calling. Keep showing up at the capitol. Keep protesting. Keep the pressure on, because literally millions of people’s lives depend on it.
They’re going into recess after this, so now is the time to ride their asses. Make their phones ring off the hook. Swarm the townhalls. Schedule meetings at their home offices, so many that they and their staff barely have time for anything else. Senators can’t gerrymander their districts. Let them know their careers are on the line here.
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