Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Thursday that “a significant number” of both Democrat and Republican co-sponsors had been added to his bipartisan bill to stabilize Obamacare, despite opposition to the bill by President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Alexander said during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, which he chairs, that he spoke with Trump Wednesday night, and said Trump offered some suggestions of how the bill, which he now opposes, could earn his support.
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