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Trump Says Senate Process Is A Republican ‘Death Wish’
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President Donald Trump called out Republicans Friday morning for failing to repeal and replace Obamacare after making it a key campaigning point for seven years.
“Republicans, sorry, but I’ve been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn’t happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish,” Trump tweeted.
Republicans, sorry, but I’ve been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn’t happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017
…never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017
The House was able to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act — in early May. The Republican repeal effort stalled in the Senate, after nearly three months of deliberation.
Republicans seven-month effort to upend the American health care system failed in late July, after three Republican senators — John McCain of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted down the party’s last-ditch proposal to repeal Obamacare. The Senate also voted on two other measures to repeal and replace, and simply repeal, Obamacare in July, but both failed as well.
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