Chuck Schumer: GOP attacking CBO ‘referee’ because they’re ‘losing the game’

Published March 14, 2017 6:50pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of attacking the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the House GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill because they are already losing the support of a majority of voters, and their own caucus.

“Rather than going back to the drawing board to solve those problems, Republicans are attacking the CBO,” the New York Democrat told reporters Tuesday. “Republicans are attacking the referee because they are losing the game.”

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