Sen. Bill Cassidy’s legislation to overhaul Obamacare was endorsed in President Trump’s budget on Monday, but the Louisiana Republican said Congress is unlikely to act unless a groundswell of opposition to the law forces Democrats to come to the table.
Cassidy, speaking during a meeting Monday with the Washington Examiner’s editorial board, suggested it was unlikely that Republicans would make another effort at passing major healthcare legislation on a purely partisan basis, having failed several times last year to deliver on their long promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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