Courtesy of CNN Politics:WATCH: Senate Dems hold "People's Filibuster" against ObamaCare repeal http://pic.twitter.com/mGkyRvBwFQ— The Hill (@thehill) June 27, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will delay the vote on the Republican leadership's health care bill until after the July 4 recess.
McConnell told GOP senators that he wants to make changes to the bill, get a new Congressional Budget Office score and have a vote after the holiday, two sources told CNN.
McConnell said that President Donald Trump had invited all Republican senators to the White House on Tuesday afternoon.
"We're going to continue discussion in our conference," McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill after his meeting with his caucus.
The republicans are insisting that this does not mean the bill is dead, but can you imagine what these Senators will face back home during this break?
Most will likely hide in their houses or state offices at avoid the angry crowds gathered outside, and those that are brave enough to hold a town hall will spend the entire time pressed up against the wall attempting to inch toward the exit.
There is NO WAY they come back from that anxious to pass a health care bill.
Alaska's Lisa Murkowski is clearly a no vote on anything that the Republicans could come up with.
And even Mitch McConnell has signaled that it might be time to bring in the "A" Team.GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski: “People support greater access to health care. Planned Parenthood provides for that.” https://t.co/XLEolQj5AG— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 27, 2017
You know, the Democrats:
Mitch McConnell is delivering an urgent warning to staffers, Republican senators and even the president himself:
If Obamacare repeal fails this week, the GOP will lose all leverage and be forced to work with Chuck Schumer.
Those ought to be some fun negotiations, especially since Elizabeth Warren has now stated categorically that it is time for Democrats to push for single payer.
As we have already reported Americans are supporting the idea of single payer now more than ever, which might give Democrats a little more leverage than in times past.Warren: The Next Step For Dems Is Single-Payer Health Care https://t.co/syfo9PhUNV via @TPM— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 27, 2017
I think the most important thing that Democrats can do in the interim is to make the Republicans solely responsible for every problem that crops up in health care until new legislation gets passed, and that includes higher rates, loss of coverage, and fewer available options.
If I were a Democratic Senator or Congressperson I would have a bumper sticker on my car that read "We can permanently fix health care in America, ask us how."
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