Democrats declare ’emergency’ to defend Obamacare

Published September 19, 2017 5:11pm ET



House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats in an “emergency request” to hold town hall meetings and press conferences and to fire off a “tweet storm” this week to help kill the momentum building behind a last-ditch GOP plan to reform Obamacare that was written by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.

“It is all hands on deck to defeat the latest version of Trumpcare, Graham-Cassidy,” Pelosi wrote to House Democratic rank-and-file lawmakers Tuesday.

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